G/TBT/N/ECU/184  
19 February 2014  
(14-1021)  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) 
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Diego de 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: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec ; 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 wher e applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provid ed in addition, where applicable):  
Tariff subheadings 8419.11.00 and 8419.19.10 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  Proyecto de 
REGLAMENTO TÉCNICO ECUATORIANO PRTE INEN 109, "EFICIENCIA TÉRMICA DE CALENTADORES DE AGUA A GAS" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 109: "Thermal efficiency of gas water 
heaters") (17 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Symbols and abbreviations; Classification; Requirements; Sampling; Conformity assessment tests; Labelling requirements, Reference documents; 
Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; 
Liability of conformity assessment bodies; and Review and Updating. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The notified Technical Regulation applies to domestically produced or 
imported liquefied petroleum gas- or natural gas-fired storage or instantaneous water 
heaters with a thermal load not exceeding 28 kW that are marketed in Ecuador. G/TBT/N/ECU/184 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec  and 
http://www.inen.gob.ec ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: PRTE INEN 109, "EFICIENCIA TÉRMICA DE 
CALENTADORES DE AGUA A GAS" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 109: "Thermal efficiency of gas 
water heaters"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   90 days as from 12 February 2014. 
Six months after adoption. 
10. Final date for comments:  13 May 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 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: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; 
 puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec