G/TBT/N/ECU/204  
28 February 2014  
(14-1213)  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 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: 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 where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided  in addition, where applicable): 
8413.70.11 and 8413.70.19. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 094 "Eficiencia energética de bombas y 
conjunto motor-bomba, para bombeo de agua limpia, en potencias de 0,187 kW a 0,746 kW y etiquetado"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
(PRTE INEN) No. 094: "Energy efficiency and labelling of clean water pumps and motor 
pumps with a power rating of 0.187 kW to 0.746 kW") (19 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Classification; Product requirements; Sampling; Acceptance and rejection criteria; Labelling; 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. G/TBT/N/ECU/204 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified text applies to domestically manufactured and imported water 
pumps and motor pumps using single-phase squirrel-cage induction motors, with a power 
rating of 0.187 kW to 0.746 kW, which are marketed in Ecuador. 
The following types of pumps and motor pu mps are excluded from the scope of the 
Technical Regulation: (a) Pumps for ornamental fountains; (b) Fire pumps; (c) 
Hydromassage pumps; (d) Jet (injector) pumps; (e) Multi-stage pumps; (f) Pumps for 
solids handling (surface or submersible); (g) Sprinkler pumps; (h) Bilge pumps; and (i) Swimming pool pumps. 
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 094 "Eficiencia energética de bombas y conjunto motor-bomba, para bombeo 
de agua limpia, en potencias de 0,187 kW a 0,746 kW y etiquetado"  (Draft 
Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 094: "Energy efficiency and labelling of clean water pumps and motor pumps with 
a power rating of 0.187 kW to 0.746 kW"); 
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 20 February 2014. 
Six months after adoption.  
10. Final date for comments: 21 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 
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: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; 
PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/