G/TBT/N/ECU/190  
19 February 2014  
(14-1038)  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) 
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Diego de 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: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec ; 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):  
HS tariff subheading 8516.50.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  Proyecto de 
REGLAMENTO TÉCNICO ECUATORIANO PRTE INEN 123, "EFICIENCIA ENERGÉTICA PARA HORNOS MICROONDAS" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 123: "Energy efficiency of microwave ovens") 
(9 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Classification; Requirements; Conformity assessment tests; Labelling and marking requirements, Sampling; Reference standards to be consulted; 
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 
applicable:  The notified Technical Regulation esta blishes the safety, energy efficiency 
and labelling requirements to be met by microwave ovens. G/TBT/N/ECU/190 
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  It applies to domestically manufactured and imported microwave ovens with a rated 
voltage not exceeding 250 V a.c. which are marketed in Ecuador. 
It does not apply to appliances used to heat food and beverages in laboratories. 
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 123, "EFICIENC IA ENERGÉTICA PARA 
HORNOS MICROONDAS" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 123: "Energy efficiency of microwave ovens"); 
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 from 13 February 2014 
Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:  14 May 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, 2253 
Email: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; 
 puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec