G/TBT/N/ECU/281  
2 October 2014  
(14-5551)  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:  
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización , SEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service) 
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.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, 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): 85144000 
and 85166020. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de  
Reglamento Técnico PRTE INEN 101, "Artefactos electrodomésticos para cocción por 
inducción"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE 
INEN) No. 101, "Household electrical appliances for cooking by induction") (16 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; and Liability of conformity assessment bodies. G/TBT/N/ECU/281 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the minimum requirements to be 
met by household electrical appliances for cooking by induction, used to heat and cook 
food, with a view to preventing risks to human health, life and safety, and practices likely to mislead or confuse users. 
It applies to all household appliances for cooking by induction, of a rated electrical output 
between 180 V and 250 V, which are domestically manufactured, assembled from CKD kits 
or imported, and marketed in Ecuador: 
• Induction and/or combined table-top cookers or small stoves; 
• Built-in induction hobs; 
• Induction and/or combined cookers with an electric oven; • Induction cookers with a gas oven. 
8. Relevant documents:  
 Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/ ; 
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/ ; 
 Proposal and basic document: Proyecto de  Reglamento Técnico PRTE INEN 101, 
"Artefactos electrodomésticos para cocción por inducción"  (Draft Technical 
Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 101, 
"Household electrical appliances for cooking by induction"); 
 Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 90 days from 24 September 2014 
Proposed date of entry into force: 180 days from date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments: 23 December 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/