G/TBT/N/ECU/150  
28 January 2014  
(14-0446)  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 Tel.: (+593) 2 2501885 Fax: (+593) 2 2567815 
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 3948760, 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 [ ], 2. 10.1 [X], 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): 
8516.50.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Reglamento 
Técnico Ecuatoriano Emergente RTE INEN 12 3 "Eficiencia energética para hornos 
microondas"  (Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
(RTE INEN) No. 123: "Energy efficiency for microwave ovens") (14 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 standards to be consulted; Conformity 
assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspecti on authority; Penalty regime; and Liability 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Technical Regulation establishes safety, energy efficiency and 
labelling requirements for microwave ovens, with a view to preventing risks to human 
safety and health and the environment, and practices likely to mislead users. 
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/ 
 http://www.inen.gob.ec/ ; 
2. Proposal and basic document: Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano Emergente RTE 
INEN 123 "Eficiencia energética para hornos microondas"  (Emergency Technical 
Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardizat ion Institute (RTE INEN) No. 123: "Energy 
efficiency for microwave ovens"); 
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal) No. 158 of 9 January 2014.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   9 January 2014 
In force. 
10. Final date for comments: - 
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 3948760, Ext. 2358 
Email: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec ; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec ; 
PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/