G/TBT/N/ECU/155  
3 February 2014  
(14-0577)  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 or 2253 
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 [ ], 2.10.1 [X], 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 8516.10.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  Reglamento 
Técnico Ecuatoriano Emergente RTE INEN 110 "Calentadores de Agua Eléctricos de Acumulación" (Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute (RTE INEN) No. 110: "Electric storage water heaters") (13 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:  The notified 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; and Liability of conformity 
assessment bodies. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The notified Technical Regulation applies to electric storage water heaters 
with an input rating of up to 12 kW. 
It does not apply to appliances used to heat water in laboratories. G/TBT/N/ECU/155 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec  and 
http://www.inen.gob.ec ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: RTE INEN 110 "Calentadores de Agua Eléctricos de 
Acumulación" (Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization 
Institute (RTE INEN) No. 110: "Electric storage water heaters"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulati on will be published when adopted: Suplemento 
del Registro Oficial No. 158 (09-01-2014) (Supplement to Official Journal No. 158 
(9 January 2014)).  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   9 January 2014 In force  
10. Final date for comments:  Not applicable. 
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 or 2253 
Email: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; 
puntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec