G/TBT/N/ECU/307
24 February 2015
(15-1076)  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:  
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización , SEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service) 
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Diego de Almagro 
Quito, Ecuador 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 design ated 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 / 2253 Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  / mmartinez@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 
subheadings 8418.69.92 and 8516.10.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico PRTE INEN 277 "Dispensadores eléctricos de agua" (Draft Technical 
Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 277: "Electric 
water dispensers") (7 pages, in Spanish).     
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Product requir ements; Marking and labelling requirements; 
Sampling; Conformity assessment tests; Reference documents; Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; Liability of conformity 
assessment bodies; and Review and updating.  G/TBT/N/ECU/307 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   The notified draft Technical Regulation establishes the safety requirements 
to be met by electric dispensers of water for human consumption, with a view to 
protecting human life and sa fety and preventing practices likely to mislead users. 
 It applies to the following domestically manufactured or imported electric water 
dispensers with a rated voltage of up to 600 V that are marketed in Ecuador: 
• Electric hot water dispensers ; 
• Electric cold water dispensers ;  
• Electric hot and cold water dispensers . 
8. Relevant documents:     
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec  and 
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec ;    
2. Proposal and basic document: PRTE INEN 277 "Dispensadores eléctricos de agua" 
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) 
No. 277: "Electric water dispensers");   
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 21 February 2015 180 days after adoption     
10. Final date for comments:   21 May 2015  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses,  if available, of other body:   
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point: 
Marlon Martínez 
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 / 2253 Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  / mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec