G/TBT/N/ECU/481  
11 June 2020 
(20-4149) 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 government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8 -29 y Diego de Almagro  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3825960 to 90  
Website: www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from abov e: 
 
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Qu ality) 
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email: puntocontacto -OTCECU@produccion.gob.ec ; puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com ; 
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec ; cyepez@produccion.gob.ec ; jsanchezc@produccion.gob.ec  
Website : www.industrias.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) : Other (HS 
841459)  
5. Title, number  of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 138  (2R) "Eficiencia 
energética para ventiladores de motor de potencia eléctrica de entrada entre 125 W y 500 
kW" (Draft second re vision (2R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 138 
"Energy efficiency of fans driven by motors with an electric input power between 125 W 
and 500 kW") (15 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met by fans driven by motors with an electric input power between 125 
W and 500 kW, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of 
protecting the environment and preventing deceptive practices.  
It applies to the following products : Fans driven by motors with an electric input power 
between 125 W and 500 kW.  G/TBT/N/ECU/481  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Prevention of deceptive practices  and consumer protection ; Protection of the 
environment.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Normative references:  
1. ISO/IEC 17025 :2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories;  
2. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Suppli er's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements;  
3. ISO/IEC 17067 :2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product certification 
and guidelines for product certification schemes;  
4. ISO 2859 -1:1999+Amd 1:2011, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes - 
Part 1 . Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot 
inspec tion; 
5. IEC 60034 -30-1:2014, Rotating electrical machines - Part 30 -1: Efficiency classes of 
line operated AC motors (IE code);  
6. Commission Regulation (EU) No. 327/2011 of 3 0 March 2 011 implementing Directive 
2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to 
ecodesign requirements for fans driven by motors with an electric input power 
between 125 W and 500 kW;  
7. Commission Regulation (EC) No. 640/2009 of 2 2 July 2 009 implementing Directive 
2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to 
ecodesign requirements for electric motors.  
Notification history : 
G/TBT/N/ECU/179 ; G/TBT/N/ECU/179/Add.1 ; G/TBT/N/ECU/179/Add.2 ; 
G/TBT/N/ECU/179/Add.3 ; G/TBT/N/ECU/179/Add.3/Corr.1  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Contact and/or national enquiry point: 
Subsecretaría de Calidad  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca  (MPCEIP)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email: puntocontacto -OTCECU@produccion.gob.ec ; puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com ; 
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec ; cyepez@produccion.gob.ec ; jsanchezc@produccion.gob.ec  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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