G/TBT/N/ECU/283
16 October 2014
(14-5923)  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): 73239110, 
73239120, 73239210, 73239220, 73239310, 73239320, 73239410, 73239490, 73239910, 
73239990, 76151020, 76151080 and 76151090. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico PRTE INEN 252 "Recipientes de cocina domésticos a ser usados sobre 
hornillas, cocinas o placas de calentamiento"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 252, "Household cooking receptacles for use on 
hobs, stoves or hotplates") (7 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Requirements; Labelling; Conformity assessment tests; 
Sampling; Reference documents; Conformity  assessment procedure; Monitoring and 
inspection authority; Penalty regime; Liability of conformity assessment bodies; and 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified draft Technical Regulation specifies the requirements to be met 
by household cooking receptacles for use on hobs, stoves or hotplates, including the 
energy efficiency requirements to be met by  household cooking receptacles for induction 
hobs, with a view to preventing risks to hum an safety and the environment, and practices 
likely to mislead users. 
It applies to all domestically manufactured and imported household cooking receptacles 
marketed in Ecuador, regardless of the materi al they are made of or the manufacturing 
method used, including those used on induction hobs and those with a non-stick coating. 
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 Reglamento Técnico PRTE INEN 252 
"Recipientes de cocina domésticos a ser usados sobre hornillas, cocinas o placas de 
calentamiento"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 252, "Household cooking receptacles for use on hobs, stoves or hotplates"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulati on will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 90 days from 13 October 2014 
Proposed date of entry into force: 180 days from date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments: 11 January 2015 
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/