. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/37 
7 July 2008 
 (08-3239) 
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 
Tel.: (+593 2) 250 1885 
Fax: (+593 2) 256 7815 E-mail: furresta@inen.gov.ec 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail and web site 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones  (Under-Secretariat for Trade and Investment) 
Ministerio de Industrias y Competitividad  (Ministry of Industry and Competitiveness) 
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593 2) 256 6041, ext. 161 
Fax: (+593 2) 250 4922 
E-mail: abarbosa@mic.gov.ec;  mepoveda@mic.gov.ec Web site: www.mic.gov.ec 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [  X ], 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):   H S  t a r i f f  
subheading 8539.31.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Reglamento Técnico 
Ecuatoriano Obligatorio y Emergente RTE INEN 036 “Eficiencia energética.  Lámparas 
fluorescentes compactas.  Rangos de desem peño energético y etiquetado”, sean de 
fabricación nacional o importada que se co mercialicen en la República del Ecuador  
(Mandatory Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
RTE INEN 036 "Energy efficiency.  Compact fluorescent lamps.  Energy performance ranges and labelling" concerning domestically produced and imported lamps marketed in the Republic of Ecuador) (14 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/ECU/37 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified Emergency Technical Regulation "Energy efficiency. 
Compact fluorescent lamps.  Energy perform ance ranges and labelling" concerning 
domestically produced and imported lamps marketed in the Republic of Ecuador, covers the following:  purpose, scope, definitions, requi rements, inspection, conformity assessment 
tests, reference standards and standards consu lted, demonstration of compliance, conformity 
assessment and certification bodies, inspection and/or supervisory au thority, type of 
inspection and/or monitoring, penalty regime , liability of conformity assessment bodies, and 
review and updating. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes minimum energy efficiency and 
labelling requirements for modular compact fluorescent lamps for use with electronic or 
electromagnetic ballasts, and for integral co mpact fluorescent lamps for use with electronic 
ballasts.  It also specifies label content with regard to energy consumption, so as to prevent 
health, safety and environmental risks and prac tices likely to mislead users of electrical 
energy. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Publication where notice appears:   Available at http://www.mic.gov.ec, 
http://www.inen.gov.ec; 
2. Emergency Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute 
RTE INEN 036 "Energy efficiency.  Compact fluorescent lamps.  Energy performance 
ranges and labelling"; 
3. Publication in which Emergency Tec hnical Regulation will be published:  
Registro Oficial  (Official Journal) No. 371 of 1 July 2008. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Immediately, for 12 months 
As of publication in the Official Journal 
10. Final date for comments:   – 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X  ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and web site add resses, if available, of other body:  
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point: 
Subsecretaría de Comercio e Inversiones 
Ministerio de Industrias y Competitividad 
Av. Amazonas y Av. Eloy Alfaro Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593 2) 256 6041, ext. 161 Fax: (+593 2) 250 4922 
E-mail: abarbosa@mic.gov.ec; mepoveda@mic.gov.ec 
Web site: www.mic.gov.ec 
Regulatory Agency: Instituto Ecuatoriano de  Normalización, INEN 
Baquerizo E8-29 y Almagro 
Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593 2) 250 1885 
Fax: (+593 2) 256 7815 
E-mail: furresta@inen.gov.ec