G/TBT/N/ECU/145  
17 January 2014  
(14-0254)  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 Quito, Ecuador Tel.: +593 2 250-1885 
Fax: +593 2 256-7815 
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 2 394-8760, 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 wher e applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provid ed in addition, where applicable):  
7408.00.00.00, 7408.11.00.00, 7408.19.00.00 and 7413.00.00.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  Proyecto 
de Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 153 "Conductores de cobre desnudos para 
uso eléctrico" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
(PRTE INEN) No. 153: "Bare copper conductors for electrical use") (6 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Classification; Requirements; Conformity assessment tests; 
Labelling requirements; Sampling; Reference documents; Conformity assessment 
procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; Liability of conformity assessment bodies; and Review and updating. G/TBT/N/ECU/145 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met 
by bare copper conductors and wires, with a view to protecting human life and safety 
and the environment and preventing practices likely to mislead users. 
It applies to the following domestically produced or imported products that are marketed 
in Ecuador: 
- All types of bare copper conductors and wires for electrical use, ranging in size 
from 24 AWG to 4/0 AWG and 250 MCM to 2000 MCM; 
- Stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, of copper. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec  and 
http://www.inen.gob.ec ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: PRTE INEN 153 "Conductores de cobre desnudos para 
uso eléctrico" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
(PRTE INEN) No. 153: "Bare copper conductors for electrical use"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: 
Registro Oficial  (Official Journal).  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   90 days as of 13 January 2014. Six months after adoption. 
10. Final date for comments:  13 April 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 point 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 Email: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec