G/TBT/N/ECU/162  
11 February 2014  
(14-0809)  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: 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 
subheadings  8467.22.00 and 8467.29.00 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Proyecto 
de Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 173 "Sierras Eléctricas Manuales"  
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 173: "Hand-held electric saws") (6 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft 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; Liability of conformity assessment bodies; and Review and updating. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The notified draft Technical Regulation establishes the safety and labelling 
requirements for hand-held electric saws, with  a view to preventing risks to human life 
and safety and practices likely to mislead users. 
It applies to the following domestically manufactured or imported hand-held G/TBT/N/ECU/162 
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  motor-operated electric saws which are marketed in Ecuador: 
- circular saws; 
- reciprocating saws (jigsaws and sabre saws); 
- chain saws; - band saws; - cut-off machines. 
The rated voltage of these products is not more than 250V for single-phase AC or DC 
saws and 450V for three-phase AC saws. 
The notified Regulation does not apply to tools used to prepare or process food. 
It does not apply to tools used for medical purposes. 
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 173 "Sierras Eléctricas Manuales"  
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) 
No. 173: "Hand-held electric saws"); 
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 
Email: mmartiniez@mipr.gob.ec ; puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec