G/TBT/N/ECU/290
14 January 2015
(15-0257)  Page: 1/2
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: Spanish 
 
 NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   ECUADOR 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización , SEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service) 
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Diego de Almagro 
Quito, Ecuador Tel.:  (+593-2) 250-1885 
Fax:  (+593-2) 256-7815 
Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec   
Website: http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority design ated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:    
Subsecretaría de la Calidad  (Under-Secretariat for Quality) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad , MIPRO (Ministry of Industry and Productivity) 
Yánez Pinzón N26-12, entre Av. Colón y La Niña 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.:  (+593-2) 394-8760, Ext. 2358 / 2253 Email: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec  / PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website:  http://www.industrias.gob.ec  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:    
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   HS tariff 
subheadings 8539.31.10.00, 8539.31.20.00, 8539.31.30.00 and 8539.31.90.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico PRTE INEN 260 "Lámparas fluorescentes compactas y tubulares. 
Seguridad y eficiencia energética" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 260: "Compact and tubular fluorescent lamps. Safety and energy efficiency") (14 pages, in Spanish).     
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Product requir ements; Labelling requirements; Conformity 
assessment tests; Inspection and sampling; Reference documents; Conformity 
assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; Liability of 
conformity assessment bodies; and Review and updating. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   The notified draft Technical Regulation establishes the general and labelling 
requirements to be met by compact and tubular fluorescent lamps and the additional 
information required to be displayed on such products, with a view to preventing risks to 
human health and safety and the environment,  and practices likely to mislead users. G/TBT/N/ECU/290 
 
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  The draft Technical Regulation applies to the following domestically manufactured or 
imported fluorescent lamps of a power not exceeding 200 W that are marketed in Ecuador: 
• Non-ballasted compact fluorescent lamps (CFLni); 
• Self-ballasted compact fluorescent lamps (CFLi); 
• Single-capped tubular fluorescent lamps - Double-capped tubular fluorescent lamps.  
It does not apply to the following fluorescent lamps: 
• Insect control lamps; 
• Lamps for medical applications; 
• Lamps for research applications; 
• Lamps that are sources of ultraviolet or infrared radiation; 
• Light-emitting lamps intended solely for non-lighting purposes as visual indicators.   
8. Relevant documents:     
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec  and 
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec ;   
2. Proposal and basic document: PRTE INEN 260 "Lámparas fluorescentes compactas y 
tubulares. Seguridad y eficiencia energética" (Draft Technical Regulation of the 
Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 260: "Compact and tubular 
fluorescent lamps. Safety and energy efficiency");  
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   90 days as from 6 January 2015 180 days after adoption     
10. Final date for comments:   6 April 2015 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses,  if available, of other body:   
Subsecretaría de la Calidad 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad, MIPRO 
Yánez Pinzón N26-12, entre Av. Colón y La Niña   
Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593-2) 394-8760, Ext. 2358 / 2253 Email: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec  / PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec