G/TBT/N/ECU/149  
28 January 2014  
(14-0445)  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:  
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización, INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Institute) 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro Tel.: (+593) 2 2501885 Fax: (+593) 2 2567815 
Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec/  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated 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 3948760, Ext. 2358 
Email: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; 
PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2. 10.1 [X], 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): 
8516.60.10 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Reglamento 
Técnico Ecuatoriano Emergente RTE INEN 122 "Eficiencia Energética en hornos eléctricos 
reporte de consumo de energía y etiquetado" (Emergency Technical Regulation of the 
Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 122: "Energy efficiency of electric 
ovens. Energy consumption and labelling") (15 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content: The notified Technical Regulation covers the following: Purpose; 
Scope; Definitions; Requirements; Labelling requirements; Conformity assessment tests; 
Sampling; Reference documents; Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; and Liability of conformity assessment bodies. G/TBT/N/ECU/149 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the energy efficiency 
requirements that will make it possible to cla ssify electric ovens according to their energy 
consumption. It also establishes provisions on the labelling of electric ovens and the additional information that is to accompany these products, with a view to preventing risks to human life and safety and the environment, and practices likely to mislead users. 
It applies to mains-powered electric ovens marketed in Ecuador, whether manufactured 
domestically or imported. 
It does not apply to ovens powered by other forms of energy, portable ovens, microwave 
ovens, or combination microwave ovens.  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:  http://www.industrias.gob.ec/ 
 http://www.inen.gob.ec/ ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano Emergente RTE 
INEN 122 "Eficiencia Energética en hornos eléctricos reporte de consumo de 
energía y etiquetado" (Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 122: "Energy efficiency of electric ovens. 
Energy consumption and labelling"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulati on will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal) No. 160 of 13 January 2014.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   13 January 2014 
In force. 
10. Final date for comments: - 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body: Contact 
and/or National Enquiry Point: 
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 3948760, Ext. 2358 Email: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; 
PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/