G/TBT/N/ECU/334  
5 July 2017 
(17-3604) 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 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  
Fax: (+593 -2) 2567815  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 2501885  
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)  
Address : 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) : 
8504409010, 8544420000 and 8536901000.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 162, "Accesorios de Carga para Vehiculos 
Electricos"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE 
INEN) No. 162, "Charging accessori es for electric vehicles") (15 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following : 
Purpose ; Scope; Definitions ; Product requirements ; Labelling 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.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applica ble: The notified draft Technical Regulation establishes the technical and safety 
requirements to be met by connectors, chargers, cables and batteries for the charging of 
electric vehicles, with a view to protecting human life and health, protecting the G/TBT/N/ECU/334  
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  environment, and preventing practices likely to mislead users and associated facilities.  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/ ; 
http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/  
2. Proposal and basic document : Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 162, 
"Accesorios de Carga para Vehiculos Electricos"  (Technical Regulation of the 
Ecuadorian Standardizati on Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 162, "Charging accessories 
for electric vehicles")  
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted : Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal).  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 90 days from 4 July 2 017 
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from date of adoption.  
10. Final date for comments : 2 October 2 017 
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  
Address : 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/