G/TBT/N/BOL/25  
25 October  2023 
(23-7172) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Desarrollo Productivo y Economía Plural , MDPyEP (Ministry of Productive 
Development and the Plural Economy)  
Name and address (including telephone 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:  
Ministerio de Desarrollo Productivo y Economía Plural , MDPyEP (Ministry of Productive 
Development and the Plural Economy)  
Av. Mariscal Santa Cruz, Edif . Centro de Comunicaciones, piso 17  
La Paz, Bolivia  
Tel.: (+591) (2) 2184343  
Fax: (+591) (2) 2124239  
Mobile : (+591) 701 900 13  
Email: reglamentos.otc@produccion.gob.bo  
Email: andres.ledezma@produccion.gob.bo  
Website: www.produccion.gob.bo  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : 
Chandeliers and other electric ceiling or wall lighting fittings, solely for light -emitting diode 
"LED" light sources, of glass (excl. for lig hting public open spaces or thoroughfares) (HS 
code: 940511) ; Luminaires and lighting fittings, solely for light -emitting diode "LED" light 
sources, n.e.s. (HS code : 940542) . 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : PROYECTO DE 
REGLAMENTO TÉCNICO "ESTÁNDARES MÍNIMOS DE EFICIENCIA ENERGÉTICA PARA 
LUMINARIAS LED"  (Draft Technical Regulation "Minimum energy efficiency standards for 
LED luminaires") ; (15 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Technical Regu lation applies to "LED 
luminaires" for outdoor or indoor lighting, whether produced domestically or imported ; all 
sole traders or commercial companies, whether domestic or foreign, public or private, 
which produce or import "LED luminaires" for outdoor or indoor lighting in the Plurinational 
State of Bolivia, regardless of the place of origin of the product or its destination, are 
covered by the provisions contained in this Technical Regulation.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent pr oblems where 
applicable : Establishment of technical requirements with regard to the minimum energy G/TBT/N/BOL/25  
- 2 - 
  efficiency standards that "LED luminaires" for outdoor or indoor lighting must meet, in 
order to protect the environment and prevent deceptive practices ; Prevention of deceptive 
practices and consumer protection ; Environmental protection . 
8. Relevant documents:  
• Technical requirements for luminaires with LED technology for outdoor lighting, 
issued by the Spanish Lighting Committee, Rev. 12, 2022.  
• Salvadoran Technical Regulation  Productos Eléctricos . L uminarias . 
Especificaciones de Eficiencia Energética, Lámparas Fluorescentes Compactas . 
Rangos de Desempeño energético y Etiquetado , approved in 2021 by the Republic 
of El Salvador.  
• Reglamento Té cnico sobre el Etiquetado de Eficiencia Energética (RTEEE) , 
approved by Supreme Decree No.  009-2017-em, of 4 April 2 017, of the Republic 
of Peru.  
• Reglamento Técnico de Iluminación y Alumbrado Público (RETILAP)  of 30 October 
2010, establishing the requireme nts and measures to be fulfilled by public lighting 
systems, of the Republic of Colombia.  
• Ecuadorian Technical Regulation  RTE I NEN 036 :2010 Eficiencia Energética . 
Lámparas Fluorescentes Compactas . Rangos de Desempeño energético y 
Etiquetado , of 2010 of the  Republic of Ecuador.  
• International Standard ISO/ IEC 17000 :202 Conformity assessment - Vocabulary 
and general principles.  
• IEC 60529 :2018 Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code).  
• Spanish Standard UNE-EN 60598 2 3:2003 Luminarias . Parte 2 -3: Requisitos 
particulares . Luminarias para alumbrado público.  
• Spanish Standard UNE-EN 61547:2018 Equipos para iluminación para uso 
general . Requisitos relativos a la inmunidad CEM.  
• IEC 62612 :2018, Self -ballasted LED lamps for general lighting services with 
supply voltages > 50 V - Performance requirements.  
• IEC 62262 :2002 Degrees of protection provided by enclosures for electrical 
equipment against external mechanical impacts (IK code).  
• Spanish Standard UNE EN 62722 -2-1:2016 Prestaciones de las luminarias Part e 
2-1: Requisitos particulares para luminarias de LED.  
• Mexican Official Standard NOM -031, Eficiencia Energética para Luminarios LED 
para iluminación de vialidades y áreas exteriores públicas, Especificaciones y 
métodos de prueba , January 2 019. 
• Bolivian Standard NB/COP ANT 1737 :2022 - Eficiencia energética - Fuentes de 
iluminación LED - Especificaciones y etiquetado.  
• Bolivian Standard NB 87006:2022 - Eficiencia energética - Fuentes de iluminación 
LED destinadas a vías exteriores públicas y áreas - Requisitos y métodos de 
ensayo . 
9. Proposed date of adoption : 25 January 2 024 
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months after adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/BOL/25  
- 3 - 
  11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Viceministerio de Políticas de Industrialización  (Vice-Ministry for Industrialization Policies)  
Focal point : Richard Wilmer Rojas Ramos, Director General de Servicios y Calidad 
Industrial (Director General of Services and Industrial Quality), Viceministerio de Políticas 
de Industrialización  
Alternate focal point : Andrés Gerardo Ledezma Araníbar, Profesional en Análisis de 
Reglamentac ión Técnica  (Expert in Technical Regulation Analysis)  
Tel.: (+591) (2) 2184377  
Email:  
richard.rojas@produccion.gob.bo ; 
andres.ledezma@produccion.gob.bo  
Technical Regulations:  
Viceministerio de Políticas de Industrialización  
Av. Mcal. Santa Cruz, Edif . Centro de Comunicaciones  
La Paz, Bolivia  
Tel.: (+591) (2) 2184377  
Email: reglamentos.otc@produccion.gob.bo  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments /2023/TBT/BOL/23_13122_00_s.pdf