G/TBT/N/ECU/441  
24 May 2019  
(19-3609) Page: 1/3 
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)  
Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pe reira, 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) : Other (HS 
841919);  Heat exchange units (HS 841950)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN  152 (2R) "Rendimiento 
térmico de sistemas solares prefabricados y colectores solares"  (Draft second revision 
(2R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 152: "Thermal performance of 
prefabricated solar systems and solar collectors") (11 pages, i n Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by prefabricated solar systems and solar collectors used to  heat 
liquid at temperatures below 100ºC, prior to the marketing of domest ic and imported 
products, with the aim of protecting human safety and the environment, and preventing 
deceptive practices.  G/TBT/N/ECU/441  
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  It applies to the following products:  
• Prefabricated solar systems  
• Flat-plate solar collectors  
• Evacuated tube solar collectors  
It does  not apply to : Parts that make up or that are used in flat -plate or evacuated tube 
solar collectors.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices a nd 
consumer protection ; Protection of human health or safety ; Protection of the 
environment.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Normative references:  
1. ISO 2859 -1:1999+Amd 1:2011, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes 
- Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-
lot inspection.  
2. ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories.  
3. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements.  
4. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes.  
5. EN 12976 -1:2006, Thermal solar systems and components . Factory made 
systems - Part 1 : General requirements . 
6. EN 12976 -2:2006, Thermal solar systems and components . Factory made 
systems Part 2 : Test methods.  
7. Ecuadorian Technical Regulation NTE INEN 2507 (1R):2016, Rendimiento térmico 
de colectores solares . Requisitos y métodos de ensayo.  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/144  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/144/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/144/Add.2  
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/144/Add.3  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from 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  G/TBT/N/ECU/441  
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  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:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca (MPCEIP)  
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  
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
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