G/TBT/N/ECU/163  
11 February 2014  
(14-0810)  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 [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):  HS tariff 
subheadings 9028.20;,9028.20.10 and 9028.20.90 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  Proyecto 
de Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 174, "Contadores de Agua" 
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 174: "Water meters") (6 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Product requirements; Labelling requirements; Sampling; 
Conformity assessment tests; Reference documents; Conformity assessment procedure; 
Monitoring and inspection authority; Li ability of conformity assessment bodies; 
and Review and Updating. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the technical characteristics, 
metrological and technical requirements, pressure loss requirements and labelling 
requirements for cold potable water and hot water meters, with a view to preventing practices likely to mislead users. 
The Technical Regulation is applicable to water meters which can withstand maximum G/TBT/N/ECU/163 
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  admissible working pressures (MAP) of at least 1 MPa (0.6 MPa for meters for use with 
pipes with a nominal size of at least DN 500) and a maximum admissible temperature 
(MAT) for cold potable water meters of 30°C and for hot water meters of up to 180°C, 
depending on class. 
It applies to water meters based on electrical or electronic principles and to water meters 
based on mechanical principles incorporating electronic devices. 
It applies to water meters, irrespective of technology, defined as integrating measuring 
instruments continuously determining the volume of water flowing through them. 
It applies to domestically produced or imported water meters that are marketed 
in Ecuador.  
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 174, "Contadores de Agua" (Draft Technical 
Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 174: 
"Water meters"); 
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 6 February 2014 Six months after adoption  
10. Final date for comments:  7 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: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ;  puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec