G/TBT/N/ECU/170  
11 February 2014  
(14-0821)  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) 
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Diego de Almagro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: +593 2 250-1885 
Fax: +593 2 256-7815 
E-mail: 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 or 2253 
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 [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 8504.40.90 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto 
de Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 167 "Fuentes de Alimentación de Baja Tensión"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
(PRTE INEN) No. 167: "Low-voltage power supplies") 
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Classification; Requirements; Labelling requirements; 
Sampling; Conformity assessment tests; Regulatory documents consulted or serving as references; Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; 
Penalty regime; Liability of conformity a ssessment bodies; and Review and updating. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation applies to domestically produced 
or imported low-voltage power supplies which convert alternating current (AC) into direct current (DC) or vice versa and which are marketed in Ecuador. G/TBT/N/ECU/170 
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  It applies to all DC and AC power supplies with a voltage rating of up to 600V. 
With regard to output characteristics, this Technical Regulation applies only to power 
supplies with a DC voltage of less than 200V and an output power limited to 2.5 kW. 
This power limit may be increased to 30 kW, provided that the appropriate test methods are employed.  
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 167 "Fuentes de Alimentación de Baja 
Tensión"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
(PRTE INEN) No. 167: "Low-voltage power supplies"); 
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 from 6 February 2014 
Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments: 7 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 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 or 2253 Email:  aanrango@mipro.gob.ec;  mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ;
 puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec