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Notifying Member: ECUADOR
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
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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
Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec
Website: http://www.inen.gob.ec
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:
Subsecretaría de la Calidad (Under-Secretariat for Quality)
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad, MIPRO (Ministry of Industry and Productivity)
Yánez Pinzón N26-12, entre Av. Colón y La Niña
Quito, Ecuador
Tel.: +593 2 394-8760, Ext. 2358
Email: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec; PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec
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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:
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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): 8507.10.00, 8507.20.00, 8507.30.00, 8507.40.00, 8507.50.00, 8507.50.00, 8507.60.00, 8507.60.00, 8507.80.00 and 8507.80.00
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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 115 "Acumuladores Eléctricos" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 115: "Electric accumulators") (5 pages, in Spanish).
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Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Classification; Product requirements; Labelling requirements; Conformity assessment tests; Inspection and sampling; Reference documents; Conformity assessment procedure; Monitoring and inspection authority; Penalty regime; Liability of conformity assessment bodies; and Review and updating.
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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: The notified Technical Regulation lays down the technical and labelling requirements to be met by electric accumulators, with a view to preventing risks to human and animal life and the environment and practices likely to mislead users.
It applies to the following products manufactured in, imported into or marketed in Ecuador:
- lead-acid batteries;
- lithium-ion electric accumulators;
- nickel-cadmium electric accumulators;
- nickel-metal-hydride electric accumulators.
It does not apply to accumulators that are incorporated, or are designed to be incorporated, into appliances before being offered to final users.
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Relevant documents:
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec and http://www.inen.gob.ec;
2. Proposal and basic document: PRTE INEN 115 "Acumuladores Eléctricos" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 115: "Electric accumulators");
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: Registro Oficial (Official Journal).
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Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:
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90 days as from 11 December 2013.
Six months after adoption.
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Final date for comments: 11 March 2014
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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 la Calidad
Ministerio de Industrias y Productividad, MIPRO
Yánez Pinzón N26-12, entre Av. Colón y La Niña
Quito, Ecuador
Tel.: +593 2 394-8760, Ext. 2358
Email: mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec; PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec
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