G/TBT/N/ECU/153  
28 January 2014  
(14-0462)  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: 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 [X], 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):  HS tariff 
subheadings 8528.72.00, 8528.72.00.21, 8528.72.00.29, 8528.72.00.31, 8528.72.00.39, 8528.72.00.41, 8528.72.00.49 and 8528.72.00.90 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  Reglamento 
Técnico Ecuatoriano Emergente RTE INEN 117 "Eficiencia Energética en Televisiones. 
Reporte de Consumo de Energía, Método de Ensayo y Etiquetado" (Emergency Technical 
Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 117: "Energy efficiency of televisions. Energy consumpt ion reporting, test method and labelling") 
(16 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  The notified Technical Regulation covers the following: Purpose; 
Scope; Definitions; Requirements; Labelling requirements; Conformity assessment tests; 
Sampling; Reference documents; Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; an d Liability of conformity assessment bodies. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The notified Technical Regulation lays down the energy efficiency 
requirements that will enable televisions to be classified according to energy G/TBT/N/ECU/153 
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  performance. It also sets out provisions on the labelling of televisions and the additional 
information required to be displayed on such  products, with a view to preventing risks 
to human safety and the environment, and practices likely to mislead users.  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec  and 
http://www.inen.gob.ec ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: RTE INEN EMERGENTE 117 "Eficiencia Energética 
en Televisiones. Reporte de Consumo de Energía, Método de Ensayo y Etiquetado" 
(Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 117: "Energy efficiency of televisions. Energy consumption reporting, test method and labelling"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: Segundo 
Suplemento del Registro Oficial No. 155 (Second Supplement to Official Journal 
No. 155 (6 January 2014)).  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   6 January 2014 In force. 
10. Final date for comments:  -  
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: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; 
 puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec