G/TBT/N/ECU/237/Rev.1  
 
27 November 2017  
(17-6473) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member: ECUADOR  
If applicable, name of local government 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) 3825960  
Fax: (+593 -2) 2567815  
Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec   
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:  
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. 2272 or 2252  
Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec , jcadena@mipro.gob.ec , 
cyepez@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): 
8516602000, 8516602010 and 8516603000.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
revisión del reglamento técnico ecuatoriano RTE INEN 208 (1R) "Seguridad de aparatos 
eléctricos para cocción"  (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
Technical Regulation (RTE INEN) No. 208: "Safety of electrical cooking appliances ") 
(9 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified draft revision covers the following: Purpose; Scope; 
Definitions; Classification; Product requirements; Marking  and instruction 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/Rev.1  
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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 
household and commercial electrical  cooking  appliances marketed in Ecuador, with a rated 
voltage not exce eding 250 V for single -phase appliances and 480 V for other appliances.  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec ; 
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec ;  
2. Proposal and basic document: Proyecto de revisión del RTE INEN 208 (1R) 
"Seguridad de aparatos eléctricos para cocción"  (Draft first revision (1R) of 
Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (RTE INEN) No. 20 8: 
"Safety of electrical cooking appliances "); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal).  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 90 days from 24 November 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force: 180 days from date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments: 22 February 2018  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point:  
Juan Carlos Cadena  
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. 2272 or 2252  
Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec , jcadena@mipro.gob.ec , 
cyepez@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.indust rias.gob.ec