G/TBT/N/ECU/249  
12 May 2014  
(14-2871)  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 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 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 [ ], 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): 
8514.40.00 and 8516.60.20. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Reglamento 
Técnico Ecuatoriano Emergente RTE INEN 101 "Artefactos electrodomésticos para cocción 
por inducción"  (Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute (RTE INEN) No. 101, "Household electr ical appliances for cooking by induction") 
(23 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified Technical Regulation covers the following: Purpose; 
Scope; Definitions; Classification; Product requirements; Labelling requirements; 
Sampling; Conformity assessment tests; Reference documents; Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; and Liability of 
conformity assessment bodies. G/TBT/N/ECU/249 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the minimum requirements to 
be met by the following household electrical a ppliances for cooking by induction, used to 
heat and cook food, of a rated electrical  output between 180 V and 250 V, which are 
domestically manufactured, assembled from CKD kits or imported, and marketed in Ecuador: 
- Induction and/or combined table-top cookers or small stoves; 
- Built-in induction hobs; - Induction and/or combined cookers with an electric oven; 
- Induction cookers with a gas oven. 
The purpose of the Technical Regulation is to prevent risks to human health, life and 
safety, and practices likely to mislead or confuse users.  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/ , 
 http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/ ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano Emergente RTE 
INEN 101 "Artefactos electrodomésticos para cocción por inducción"  (Emergency 
Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 101, 
"Household electrical appliances for cooking by induction"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: 
Suplemento del Registro Oficial No. 238 (05-05-2014) (Supplement to Official Journal No. 
238 of 5 May 2014).  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   5 May 2014 
In force. 
10. Final date for comments: Not applicable. 
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/