G/TBT/N/ECU/179  
17 February 2014  
(14-0955)  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 Quito, Ecuador Tel.: +593 2 250-1885 
Fax: +593 2 256-7815 
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 2 394-8760, Ext. 2358 
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 wher e applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provid ed in addition, where applicable):  
Tariff subheading 8414.59.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  Proyecto de 
REGLAMENTO TÉCNICO ECUATORIANO PRTE INEN 138, "EFICIENCIA ENERGÉTICA PARA 
VENTILADORES DE MOTOR DE POTENCIA ELÉCTRICA DE ENTRADA ENTRE 125 W y 500 KW" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) 
No. 138: "Energy efficiency of fans driven by motors with an electric input power 
between 125 W and 500 kW") (13 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; 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 Technical Regulation establishes the energy efficiency 
requirements that will make it possible to classify fans driven by motors with an electric 
input power between 125 W and 500 kW accord ing to their energy performance, with G/TBT/N/ECU/179 
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  a view to preventing risks to human life an d safety and the environment, and practices 
likely to mislead users. 
It applies to domestically produced or impo rted fans that are marketed in Ecuador. 
In accordance with the country's legitimate energy efficiency objectives, fans driven 
by motors with an electric input power between 125 W and 500 kW may only be marketed in Ecuador if they have an Energy Efficiency Class A rating.  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec  and 
http://www.inen.gob.ec ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: PRTE INEN 138, "EFICIENC IA ENERGÉTICA PARA 
VENTILADORES DE MOTOR DE POTENCIA ELÉCTRICA DE ENTRADA ENTRE 125 W y 
500 KW" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
(PRTE INEN) No. 138: "Energy efficiency of fa ns driven by motors with an electric 
input power between 125 W and 500 kW"); 
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 11 February 2014 Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:  12 May 2014 
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 point 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 2 394-8760, Ext. 2358 
Email: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ;  puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec