G/TBT/N/ECU/428  
16 May 2019 
(19-3409) 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 government involved (Articles 3.2  and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8 -29 y Diego de Almagro  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3825960 to 90  
Website: http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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 Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.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) : - Electric 
instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion  heaters (HS 851610)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento  Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 110 (1R) "Calentadores 
de agua eléctricos de acumulación"  (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical 
Regulation PRTE INEN No. 110 "Electric storage water heaters") (12 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by electric storage water heaters, prior to the marketing of 
domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting the environment and 
preventing misleading practices.  
It applies to the following products : Electric storage water heaters with an input rating of 
up to 12 kW.  
It does not apply to:  
1. Appliances used to heat water in laboratories;  
2. Appliances for boiling water;  G/TBT/N/ECU/428  
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  3. Instantaneous water heaters;  
4. Immersion water heaters;  
5. Commercial dispensers and vending machines;  
6. Appliances intended exclusively for industrial purposes.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive pr actices and 
consumer protection ; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  
Normative references:  
1. ISO Standard 2859 -1:1999 Amd 1:2011 , Attribute Inspection Sampling 
Procedures.  Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit 
(AQL) for lot -by-lot inspection.  
2. IEC 60335 -2-21:2012, Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - 
Part 2 -21: Particular requirements for storage water heaters;  
3. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
4. IEC 60379:1987, Methods for measuring the performance of electric storage 
water -heaters for household purposes;  
5. ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004 , Conformity assessment -- 
Supplier's declaration of conformity -- Part 1 : General requirements;  
6. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
7. Norma UNIT 1157:2011 , Eficiencia energética - Calentadores de agua eléctricos 
de acumulación de uso doméstico Especificaciones y etiquetado.  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/187  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/187/Add.1  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from the date of notification or thereafter  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if a vailable, of other body:  
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP  (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
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