G/TBT/N/ECU/181  
17 February 2014  
(14-0950)  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 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: 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): 
8504.21.90 and 8504.33.00. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 1 41, "Requisitos de Seguridad y Eficiencia 
Energética para Transformadores de Distribución"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the 
Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 141, "Safety and energy efficiency requirements for distribution transf ormers") (9 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Classification; Requirements; Tests; Sampling; Acceptance 
criteria; Labelling requirements; Reference standards and standards consulted; 
Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; Liability of conformity assessment bodies; and Review and updating. G/TBT/N/ECU/181 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified draft Technical Regulation  lays down the minimum safety and 
energy efficiency requirements for distributi on transformers, 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 types of domestically manufactured or imported distribution 
transformers intended for the end consumer and marketed in Ecuador: pole-mounted, 
substation, pad-mounted and submersible (in a ccordance with the definitions set out in 
section 3 of the text), which are self-cooled using insulating fluid. 
The text also applies to distribution transformers which are repaired, rebuilt or reinstalled 
with a view to being marketed in Ecuador. 
It applies to distribution transformers with  a power handling capacity of 10 kVA to 500 
kVA. 
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 141, "Requisitos de Seguridad y Efic iencia Energética para Transformadores 
de Distribución"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 141, "Safety and energy efficiency requirements for distribution transformers"); 
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 11 February 2014. 
Six months after adoption.  
10. Final date for comments: 12 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: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/