. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/39 
22 January 2009 
 (09-0258) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   ECUADOR
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Dirección de Políticas de Comercio  (Directorate of Trade Policy) 
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones  (Under-Secretariat for Trade and Investment) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Competitividad  (Ministry of Industry and Competitiveness) 
Avda. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593 2) 255-1512 or 256-6041, ext. 162 
Fax: (+593 2) 250-4922 
E-mail: abarbosa@mic.gov.ec;  mepoveda@mic.gov.ec Web site: www.mic.gov.ec
 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
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):   HS tariff subheadings 
8539.31.10.00;  8539.31.20.00;  8539.31.30.00;  8539.31.90.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico RTE INEN 036 "Eficienc ia energética.  Lámparas fluorescentes 
compactas.  Rangos de desempeño energético y etiquetado" sean de fabricación nacional o 
importada, que se comercialicen en la República del Ecuador  (Draft Technical Regulation 
of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute R TE INEN 036:  "Energy efficiency.  Compact 
fluorescent lamps.  Energy performance rang es and labelling" con cerning domestically 
produced and imported lamps marketed in the Re public of Ecuador) (14 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation establishes the following 
in respect of the energy efficiency of co mpact fluorescent lamps:  Scope;  Definitions;  
Requirements;  Inspection;  Conformity assessm ent tests;  Sampling;  Reference standards 
and standards consulted, Demonstration of  compliance;  Conformity assessment and 
certification bodies;  Inspection and/or supervis ory authority;  Type of inspection and/or 
monitoring;  Penalty regime;  Liability of conformity assessment bodies;  and Review and 
updating. G/TBT/N/ECU/39 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the minimum energy 
efficiency and the related labelling requirements for modular compact fluorescent lamps for use with electronic or electromagnetic ballasts, and for integral compact fluorescent lamps for use with electronic ballasts.  It also sp ecifies label content with regard to energy 
consumption, so as to prevent health, safety and environmental risks and practices likely to 
mislead users of electrical energy. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:  http://www.mic.gov.ec, http://www.inen.gov.ec; 
2. Proposal and basic document:  Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
 Standardization Institute RTE INEN 036 "Energy efficiency.  Compact fluorescent 
 lamps.  Energy performance ranges and labelling"; 
3. Publication in which the draft Technical  Regulation will be published when adopted: 
 Registro Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  90 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat 
Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web site addresses, if available of the other body: 
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point: 
Dirección de Políticas de Comercio 
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones 
Ministerio de Industrias y Competitividad Dirección:  Avda. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593 2) 255-1512 or 256-6041, ext. 162 
Fax: (+593 2) 250-4922 
E-mail: abarbosa@mic.gov.ec;  mepoveda@mic.gov.ec Web site: www.mic.gov.ec
 
Regulatory Agency: 
Instituto Ecuatoriano de  Normalización, INEN 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro 
Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593 2) 250-1885