. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/3 
30 March 2005 
 (05-1283) 
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:    
National Directorate of Foreign Trade Policy, Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade and 
Integration, Ministry of Foreign Trade, Industrialization, Fisheries and Competitiveness/Dirección Nacional de Políticas de Comercio Exterior, Subsecretaría de Comercio Exterior e Integración, Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Industrialización, Pesca 
y Competitividad 
Address: Av.  Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito - Ecuador 
Tel.:  + (593) 2 2566041/ Ext. 161 
Fax:  + (593) 2 2541984 
E-mail:  abarbosa@micip.gov.ec 
Website: www.micip.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:    
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización (INEN ) (Ecuadorian Standardization Institute) 
Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Almagro 
Quito – Ecuador 
Tel.:  + (593) 2 2528556 / 2501885 to 2501887 
Fax:  + (593) 2 2567815 E-mail:  inenfu@andinanet.net 
Website: www.inen.gov.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):   Household refrigerating 
appliances (HS tariff item numbers:  8418.10. 00, 8418.21.00, 8418.22.00, 8418.29.00; 
International Classification for Standards (ICS): 97.040.30). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Agreement of 
the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Industrialization, Fisheries and Competitiveness regarding the Ecuadorian Technical Regulation on Hou sehold Domestic Refrigerating Appliances 
(10 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/ECU/3 
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 6. Description of content:  
− This draft Ecuadorian Technical Regulati on establishes the minimum requirements to 
be met by the following household refrigera ting appliances with the aim of preventing 
risks to health, safety and the environmen t and practices likely to mislead users: 
• Frost-free and non-frost-free household refrigerators,  
• Household refrigerators with or without a low-temperature or cellar compartment; 
• Household refrigerator-freezers; 
• Household frozen food storage cabinets and food freezers. 
− This draft Regulation specifies the Customs classification and definitions of and 
general conditions, packing, packaging a nd marking or labelling requirements and 
conformity assessment procedures for household refrigerating appliances. 
− The draft Regulation establishes the appliances which are required to demonstrate 
clear compliance with Ecuadorian Techni cal Standards NTE INEN 2 206 and NTE 
INEN 2 297.   
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
 Consumer health and safety.   
8. Relevant documents:    
1. Publication where the notice appears:  not indicated. 
2. Proposal and basic document:  Ecuadoria n Standardization Institute Technical 
 Regulation RTE INEN 009:2005 3. Publication in which the proposal will appear following adoption:  Registro Oficial  
(Official Journal) 
4. Relevant national/intern ational standards:   
 International Technical Standard:  Ecua dorian Standardization Institute Technical 
Standard NTE INEN 2 206/ International Or ganization for Standardization Standard 
ISO 7371 and AMEND.1; ISO 8561 and AMEND.1; NTE INEN 2 297/ISO 5 155.   
9. Proposed date of entry into force:  Six months after adoption 
Proposed date of adoption:  90 days after circulation by the WTO Secretariat 
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 website addresses, if available, of other body:   
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización 
Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Almagro Quito – Ecuador 
 
Tel.:  + (593) 2 2528556 / 2501885 to 2501887 Fax:  + (593) 2 2567815 E-mail:  inenfu@andinanet.net Website: www.inen.gov.ec