G/TBT/N/ECU/144  
17 January 2014  
(14-0250)  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 Tel.: (+593-2) 2501885 Fax: (+593-2) 2567815 
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) 3948760, 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): 
8419.19.90. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 152, "Rendimiento térmico de colectores 
solares"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE 
INEN) No. 152, "Thermal performance of sola r collectors") (5 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Classification; Requirements; Conformity assessment tests; Labelling requirements; Sampling; Reference standards to be consulted; Conformity 
assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; Liability of 
conformity assessment bodies; and Review and updating. G/TBT/N/ECU/144 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes requirements for the thermal 
performance and labelling of solar collectors in water heating systems, with a view to 
protecting the environment and preventing practices likely to mislead users. 
It applies to the following domestically manufactured and imported solar collectors, with 
temperatures below 100 ˚C, which are marketed in Ecuador: 
- Flat-plate solar collectors; 
- Evacuated tube solar collectors. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appear s: http://www.industrias.gob.ec 
 http://www.inen.gob.ec/ ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: Proyecto de Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE 
INEN 152, "Rendimiento térmico de colectores solares"  (Draft Technical Regulation 
of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 152, "Thermal 
performance of solar collectors"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulati on will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal).  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
 
Proposed date of entry into force:   90 days from 13 January 2014. 
Six months after adoption.  
10. Final date for comments: 13 April 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) 3948760, Ext. 2358 
Email: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/