. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/71 
27 May 2011 
 (11-2680) 
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 E8-29 y Almagro, Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593 2) 250-1885 Fax: (+593 2) 256-7815 E-mail: baguilera@inen.gob.ec
 
Website: http://www.inen.gob.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:  
Dirección de Desarrollo Comercial de Bienes y Servicios  
(Department for the Commercial Development of Goods and Services) Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones (Under-Secretariat for Trade and Investment)  
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad , MIPRO (Ministry of Industry and Productivity) 
Avdas. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593 2) 254-6690, Ext. 284 
Fax: (+593 2) 250-4922 
E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gob.ec
 
Website: http://www.mipro.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):   8538.10.00.00, 
8538.90.00.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 057 "Tableros, gabinetes, cajas de paso, 
cajas de alumbrado, racks y accesorios de racks" (Draft Technical Regulation of the 
Ecuadorian Standardization Ins titute (RTE INEN) No. 057:  "Electrical panels, cabinets, 
pull boxes, light junction box es and racks and rack accessories") (6 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Technical Regulation on electrical panels, 
cabinets, pull boxes, light junction boxes a nd racks and rack accessories covers the 
following:  Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  General specifications;  Classification;  Product  G/TBT/N/ECU/71 
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   requirements;  Packing, packaging and labe lling requirements;  Conformity assessment 
tests;  Sampling;  Reference standards a nd standards consulted;  Demonstration of 
compliance with the Ecuadorian Technical Regulation;  Conformity assessment and certification bodies;  Inspection and/or supervis ory authority;  Type of inspection and/or 
monitoring;  Penalty regime;  Liability of conformity assessment bodies;  and Review and 
updating of the Technical Regulation.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft Ecuadorian Technical Regul ation establishes the technical requirements 
to be met by electrical panels, cabinets, pull boxes, light junction boxes and racks and rack 
accessories with a view to preventing safety risks, protecting human life and the environment and preventing practices likely to mislead 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:  Draft T echnical Regulation of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 057:  "Electrical panels, cabinets, pull 
boxes, light junction boxes and racks and rack accessories"; 
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 from the date of circulation 
Six months after adoption 
10. Final date for comments:  18 July 2011 
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 Desarrollo Comercial de Bienes y Servicios 
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad, MIPRO Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro 
Quito, Ecuador 
Tel.: (+593-2) 254-6690, Ext. 284 Fax: (+593-2) 250-4922 E-mail: abarbosa@mipro.gob.ec
 
Website: http://www.mipro.gov.ec/  
Regulatory body: 
Instituto Ecuatoriano de  Normalización, INEN 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593-2) 250-1885 
Fax: (+593-2) 256-7815 
E-mail: baguilera@inen.gob.ec
 
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec/