G/TBT/N/ECU/265  
7 July 2014  
(14-3865)  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 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): 8544.60.10 
and 8544.60.90. Other electric conductors, for a voltage exceeding 1,000 V (HS 854460) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de PRTE 
INEN 236, "Cables de Potencia Aislados" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 236: "Insulated power cables") (6 pages, in 
Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Requirements; Labelling requirements; Conformity assessment tests; 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/265 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the main parameters for the 
manufacture of insulated cables for high and me dium voltages of up to 500 kV, with a view 
to preventing risks to health, safety and the environment, and practices likely to mislead 
users of electrical energy. 
It applies to all types of domestically manufactured and imported insulated electric cables 
for high and medium voltages of up to 500 kV, marketed in Ecuador. 
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 PRTE INEN 236, "Cables de Potencia 
Aislados" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE 
INEN) No. 236: "Insulated power cables"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 90 days from 26 June 2014 
Proposed date of entry into force: 90 days after adoption and publication in the Official 
Journal  
10. Final date for comments: 24 September 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 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/