G/TBT/N/ECU/3 4/Rev.1  
 
27 September 2017  
(17-5118) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: Spanish   
 
 
NOTIFICATIO N 
Revisio n 
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 , SEN ( Ecuadorian Standardization Service)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8 -29 y Diego de Almagro  
Quito, Ecuador  
Tel.:  (+593 -2) 382-5960 
Fax:  (+593 -2) 256 -7815 
Email : PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec   
Website : http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers  and email  and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designate d 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. 2272 / 2252 
Email : PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
 jcadena@mipro.gob.ec  
 cyepez@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 8418.10.00.00, 8418.21.90.00 and 8418.30.00.90  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proyecto de 
revisión del reglamento técnico ecuatoriano RTE INEN 035 (1R) "Eficiencia energética en 
artefactos de refrigeración de uso doméstico. Reporte de consumo de energía, métodos 
de prueba y etiquetado" (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Standa rdization Institute 
Technical Regulation  (RTE INEN) No. 035: Energy efficiency of domestic refrigeration 
appliances. Energy consumption reporting, test methods and labelling ) (37 pages, in 
Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ ECU/34/Rev.1  
 
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  6. Description of content:  The notified draft revision covers the following: Purpose; 
Scope; D efinitions;  Requirements; L abelling requirements; Sampling; Conformity 
assessment tests ; Reference documents; Conformity assessment  procedure; Monitoring 
and i nspection authority; Penalty regime; Liability of conformi ty assessment bodies; 
Review and updating ; and Annexes A and B . 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The notified Technical Regulation establishes the energy efficiency 
procedures and requirements that will  enable refrigerators, refrigerator -freezers and 
freezers intended for food storage to be classified according to energy performance. It 
also details the information to be stated on the energy consumption label for all types of 
domestic refrigeration appli ances , with a view to preventing risks to health and safety 
and the environment, and practices likely to mislead users  of electric power.  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec  and 
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec ;  
2. Proposal and basic document: Proyecto de revisión del RTE INEN 035 (1R) "Eficiencia 
energética en artefactos de refrigeración de uso doméstic o. Reporte de consumo de 
energía, métodos de prueba y etiquetado  (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute Technical Regulation  (RTE INEN) No. 035: Energy efficiency 
of domestic refrigeration appliances. Energy consumption reportin g, test methods and 
labelling );  
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial (Official Journal ). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 90 days as from 24 August  2017 
Proposed date of entry into force: 180 days after adoption  
10. Final date for comments:  22 November 2017   
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or add ress, telephone and fax 
numbers  and email  and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Juan Carlos Cadena  
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. 2272/2252  
Email : PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
 jcadena@mipro.gob.ec  
 cyepez@mipro.gob.ec  
Website : http://www.industrias.gob.ec