. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/ECU/87 
10 July 2012 
 (12-3688) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   ECUADOR 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Institute) 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro Fax: (593-2) 2567815 
Tel.: (593-2) 2501885 
E-mail: pleon@inen.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec  
Name and address (including telephone  and fax numbers, e-mail 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) 
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (593-2) 2546690, Ext. 284 
Fax: (593-2) 2504922 
E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.mipro.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):   8415.10.10 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN  072 sobre "Eficiencia Energética para 
Acondicionadores de Aire sin Ductos"  (Draft Ecuadorian Tec hnical Regulation of the 
Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 072:  "Energy efficiency of 
ductless air conditioners") (5 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation on the energy efficiency 
of ductless air conditioners covers the follo wing:  Purpose;  scope;  definitions;  
requirements;  labelling;  conformity assessment tests;  sampling;  regulatory documents consulted or serving as references;  demons tration of compliance with the Ecuadorian 
Technical Regulation;  conformity assessment and certification bodies;  inspection and/or 
supervisory authority;  type of inspection and/ or monitoring;  penalty regime;  liability of 
conformity assessment bodies;  and review and updating.  G/TBT/N/ECU/87 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the energy efficiency 
requirements that will enable air conditione rs to be classified according to energy 
performance.  It also specifies the energy  efficiency labelling requirements for air 
conditioners, with a view to preventing risk s to safety and the environment and practices 
likely to mislead or confuse users of electrical energy. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:  http://www.mipro.gob.ec  and 
http://www.inen.gob.ec ; 
2. Proposal and basic document:  PRTE INEN 072 sobre "Eficiencia Energética para 
Acondicionadores de Aire sin Ductos"  (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 072:  "Energy efficiency of ductless air 
conditioners"); 
3. Publication in which the Technical Re gulation will be published when adopted:  
Registro Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   90 days from the date of circulation. 
Six months after adoption. 
10. Final date for comments:   30 September 2012 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the other body: 
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point: 
Subsecretaría de la Calidad 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad, MIPRO Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (593-2) 2546690, Ext. 284 
Fax: (593-2) 2504922 E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.mipro.gob.ec  
Regulatory body: 
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización, INEN 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro 
Tel.: (593-2) 2501885 Fax: (593-2) 2567815 E-mail:  pleon@inen.gob.ec  
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec