G/TBT/N/ECU/205  
3 March 2014  
(14-1288)  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 [ ], 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 
subheading 8414.51.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  REGLAMENTO 
TÉCNICO ECUATORIANO EMERGENTE RTE INEN  112, "EFICIENCIA ENERGÉTICA PARA 
VENTILADORES, CON MOTOR ELÉCTRICO IN CORPORADO DE POTENCIA INFERIOR O 
IGUAL A 125 W" (Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute (RTE INEN) No. 112: "Energy efficiency of fans with a self-contained electric 
motor of an output not exceeding 125 W") (23 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Technical Regulation covers 
the following: Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Classification; Product requirements; Labelling requirements; Conformity assessment tests; Sampling; Reference documents; 
Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; 
and 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 fans with a self-contained electric motor of an output 
not exceeding 125 W to be classified according to energy performance, with a view G/TBT/N/ECU/205 
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  to preventing risks to human life and safety  and the environment, and practices likely 
to mislead users. 
The Regulation applies to fans with a self-contained electric motor of an output 
not exceeding 125 W that are domestically produced, imported or marketed in Ecuador. 
It applies to the following types of fan: - ceiling fans; 
- table fans; 
- wall fans; - floor fans. 
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 112, "EFICIENCIA ENERGÉTICA 
PARA VENTILADORES, CON MOTOR EL ÉCTRICO INCORPORADO DE POTENCIA 
INFERIOR O IGUAL A 125 W" (Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (RTE INEN) No. 112: "Energy efficiency of fans with a self-contained electric motor of an output not exceeding 125 W"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial (Official Journal) No. 164 (17 January 2014). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   17 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: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ;  puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec