. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/48 
1 October 2009 
 (09-4662) 
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:  
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Institute) 
Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (593 2) 250-1885 Fax: (593 2) 256-7815 E-mail: baguilera@inen.gov.ec Website: http://www.inen.gov.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:  
Dirección de Políticas de Comercio  (Directorate of Trade Policy) 
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones  (Undersecretariat for Trade and Investment) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad (Ministry of Industry and Productivity) 
Avdas. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas 
Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (593 2) 256-6041, Ext. 284 Fax: (593 2) 250-4922 E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gov.ec;  mepoveda@mipro.gov.ec 
Website: http://www.mipro.gov.ec
 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ X], 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):   84181000, 84182100, 
84182900 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Protocolo para la evaluación de la conformi dad de artefactos de uso doméstico para la 
producción de frío (Draft Protocol on the conformity assessment of household refrigerating 
appliances) (10 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Protocol on household refrigerating appliances 
covers the following:  Purpose;  Scope;  Defin itions;  Reference documents;  Legal basis;  
Requirements and test methods;  Conformity assessment models;  Labelling;  and Review 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft Conformity Assessment Protocol establishes the mechanism to verify the 
compliance of household refrigerating appliances with Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
Technical Regulation (RTE INEN) No. 009 (H ousehold refrigerating appliances) and 
RTE INEN No. 035 (Energy efficiency of do mestic refrigeration appliances.  Energy 
consumption report, test  methods and labelling). 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:  http://www.mipro.gov.ec;  http://www.inen.gov.ec. 
2. Proposal and basic document:  Draft Prot ocol on the conformity assessment of 
household refrigerating appliances. 
3. Publication in which Technical Regula tion will be published when adopted:  Registro 
Oficial  (Official Journal). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   90 days as from the date of circulation 
Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days as from the date of circulation. 
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: 
Dirección de Políticas de Comercio Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad Avdas. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (593 2) 256-6041, Ext. 284 Fax: (593 2) 250-4922 E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gov.ec;  mepoveda@mipro.gov.ec Website: http://www.mipro.gov.ec