G/TBT/N/ECU/237  
22 April 2014  
(14-2459)  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 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 or 2253 
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): 
8516.60.20 and 8516.60.30. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 208, "Cocinas de uso comercial. Seguridad " 
(Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 
208, "Commercial cookers. Safety") (6 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Classification; Product requirements; Labelling requirements; Sampling; Conformity assessment tests; Reference documents; Conformity 
assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; Liability of 
conformity assessment bodies; and Review and updating. G/TBT/N/ECU/237 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including th e nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the safety requirements to be 
met by commercial cookers not intended for ho usehold use, with a view to preventing 
risks to human life and safety and the environment, and practices likely to mislead users. 
 It applies to the following domestically manufactured or imported electrical appliances, 
marketed in Ecuador, with a rated voltage not exceeding 250 V for single-phase 
appliances connected between one phase and neutral, and 480 V for other appliances: - Electric cookers 
- Ovens 
- Hobs - Hob elements 
 
The electrical appliances covered by this Te chnical Regulation are used, for example, in 
the kitchens of restaurants, bars and hospitals and in commercial enterprises such as bakeries and butcher's shops. 
 
The electrical part of appliances making use of other forms of energy is also included within the scope of this Technical Regulation. 
 
The Technical Regulation does not apply to:  
- Appliances designed exclusively for industrial purposes; 
- Appliances intended for use in places where there is a corrosive or explosive atmosphere (dust, vapour or gas); - Continuous process appliances for the mass production of food; 
- Machinery for processing cosmetics, chemicals and pharmaceutical products; 
- Steam cookers, forced convection ovens and steam-convection ovens (IEC Standard 60335-2-42); 
- Appliances used to keep crockery warm (IEC Standard 60335-2-49); 
Microwave ovens (IEC Standard 60335-2-90). 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:  http://www.industrias.gob.ec/, 
 http://www.inen.gob.ec/ ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: Proyecto de Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE 
INEN 208, "Cocinas de uso comercial. Seguridad" (Draft Technical Regulation of the 
Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 208, "Commercial cookers. 
Safety"); 
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 from 4 April 2014. 
90 days after publication in the Official 
Journal.  
10. Final date for comments: 3 July 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 2 394-8760, Ext. 2358 or 2253 
Email: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/