. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ECU/73 
31 May 2011 
 (11-2735) 
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 au thority 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 [ ], 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):   8539.31.10.00;  
8539.31.20.00;  8539.31.30.00;  8539.31.90.00 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Procedimiento de Evaluación de la Conformidad PPEC INEN 005 "Lámparas 
fluorescentes compactas" (Draft Conformity Assessment Procedure of the Ecuadorian 
Standardization Institute (PEC INEN) No. 005:  "Compact fluorescent lamps, CFLs") 
(6 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/ECU/73 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Conformity Assessment Procedure for 
domestically produced or imported compact fluor escent lamps marketed in the Republic of 
Ecuador covers the following:  Regulatory docu ments serving as references;  Legal basis;  
Scope;  Definitions;  Requirements and test  methods;  Conformity assessment models;  
Labelling;  and Review and updating. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified text establishes the Conformity Assessment Procedure for domestically produced or imported compact fluorescent lamps marketed in the Republic of Ecuador. 
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 Conformity Assessment Procedure of the 
Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PEC  INEN) No. 005:  "Compact fluorescent 
lamps, CFLs"; 
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:  Date on which the Resolution is signed 
After adoption 
10. Final date for comments:  90 days from the date of circulation 
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 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/  
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/