WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/34 
22 May 2008 
 (08-2378) 
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) 
Avdas. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas 
Quito, Ecuador Tel.: +(593 2) 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 and 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:  
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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   HS tariff subheadings 
8418.10.00.00;  8418.21.00.00;  8418.29.00.00;  8418.30.00.00;  8418.40.00.00; 8418.50.00.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico RTE INEN 035 "Eficiencia energética en artefactos de refrigeración 
de uso doméstico"  (Draft Technical Regulat ion of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
RTE INEN 035:  "Energy efficiency of domes tic refrigeration appliances") (36 pages, in 
Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  
 The notified draft Technical Regulation establishes the procedures and requirements 
for reporting energy consumption reference va lues and the energy consumption ranges that 
enable refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers and freezers to be classified according to energy 
performance.  It also details the information to be stated on the energy consumption label 
for all types of domestic refrigeration appliances in order to prevent risks to health, safety 
and the environment and practices likely to mislead users of electric power.  G/TBT/N/ECU/34 
Page 2  
 
  6. Description of content:   (cont'd) 
 This draft Technical Regulation appli es to the following domestic refrigeration 
appliances:   1. Conventional refrigerator 
 2. Domestic cooler 
 3. Refrigerator-freezer  4. Frost-free refrigerator, with upper freezer  5. Frost-free refrigerator, with lower freezer  6. Side-by-side refrigerator 
 7. Frost-free refrigerator, with dispenser 
 8. Side-by-side refrigerator, with dispenser  9. Vertical freezer  10. Frost-free vertical freezer  11. Frost-free horizontal freezer 
 This Regulation applies to domestic re frigeration appliances of up to 850 litres 
(approximately 30 cubic feet) operated by a he rmetic compressor and manufactured and/or 
produced in, imported into or marketed in Ecuador. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 Prevention of risks to health, safety and the environment and of practices likely to 
mislead users of electric power. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where the notice appear s:  Available at http://www.mic.gov.ec, 
http://www.inen.gov.ec; 
2. Proposal and basic document:  Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical 
Regulation RTE INEN 035:  Energy efficiency of domestic refrigeration appliances. 
Energy consumption report, test methods and labelling; 
3. Publication in which proposal will appear following adoption: 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 circulati on by the WTO Secretariat.  G/TBT/N/ECU/34 
 Page 3 
 
 
  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Contact and/or National enquiry point: 
Dirección de Políticas de Comercio Subsecretaria de Comercio e Inversiones 
Ministerio de Industrias y Competitividad, 
Dirección: Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: +(593 2) 256-6041, ext. 161 Fax: +(593 2) 250-4922 
E-mail: abarbosa@micip.gov.ec
;  mepoveda@micip.gov.ec  
Web site: www.micip.gov.ec  
 Regulatory Agency: Instituto Ecuatoriano de  Normalización, INEN 
Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Almagro 
Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593 2) 250-1885 Fax: (+593 2) 256-7815 E-mail: furresta@inen.gov.ec
 
Web site: www.inen.gov.ec