G/TBT/N/ ECU/ 336 
 
12 September 2017  
(17-4806) 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 government 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) 382-5960 
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 designate d 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 N 26-12, entre Av. Colón y La Niña  
Quito,  Ecuador  
Tel.:  (+593-2) 394 -8760, Ext. 2272 / 2252 
Email : PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
 jcadena@mipro.gob.ec  
 cyepez@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 
subheading s 8418.10.00.00, 8418.21.90.00 and 8418.30.00.90  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proyecto de 
revisión del reglamento técnico ecuatoriano RTE INEN 035 (1R) "Eficiencia energética en 
artefactos de refrigeración de uso doméstico. Reporte de consumo de energía, métodos 
de prueba y etiquetado" (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Standa rdization Institute 
Technical Regulation  (RTE INEN) No. 035: Energy efficiency of domestic refrigeration 
appliances . Energy consumption reporting , test methods and labelling ) (37 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content:  The notified draft revision covers the following: Purpose; 
Scope; D efinitions;  Requirements; Labelling requirements; Sampling; Conformity 
assessment tests ; Reference documents ; Conformity assessment  procedure; Monitoring 
and i nspection authority; Penalty regime; Liability of conformity assessment bodies ; 
Review and updating ; and Annexes A and B .  G/TBT/N/ ECU/336 
 
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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 enable refrigerators, refrigerator -freezers and freezers  intended 
for food storage to be classified according to energy performance . It also details the 
information to be stated on the energy consumption label for all types of domestic 
refrigeration applia nces, with a view to preventing risks to health and safety and the 
environment, and practices likely to mislead users  of electric power .  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec  and 
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec ;  
2. Proposal and basic document: Proyecto de revisión del RTE INEN 035 (1R) "Eficiencia 
energética en artefactos de refrigeración de uso doméstic o. Reporte de consumo de 
energía, métodos de prueba y etiquetado  (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute Technical Regulation  (RTE INEN) No. 035: Energy efficiency 
of domestic refrigeration appliances . Energy consumption reportin g, test methods and 
labelling );  
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial (Official Journal ); 
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/34 and addenda  thereto . 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    90 days as from 24 August  2017 
180 days  after adoption   
10. Final date for comments:  22 November 2017  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or add ress, telephone and fax 
numbers  and email  and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point : 
Juan Carlos Cadena  
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. 2272/2252  
Email : PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
 jcadena@mipro.gob.ec  
 cyepez@mipro.gob.ec  
Website : http://www.industrias.gob.ec