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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:
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización, INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service)
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Diego de Almagro
Tel.: (+593-2) 3825960 to 90
Website: http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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 Calidad (Under-Secretariat for Quality)
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca, MPCEIP (Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)
Address: Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, Bloque amarillo
Tel.: (+593-2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272
Email:
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com
aramon@produccion.gob.ec
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec
jsanchez@produccion.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): Lead-acid, of a kind used for starting piston engines (HS 850710); Other lead-acid accumulators (HS 850720)
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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 115 (2R) "Baterías de plomo ácido para vehículos automotores" (Draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 115 "Lead-acid batteries for motor vehicles") (11 pages, in Spanish)
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Description of content: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by lead-acid batteries for motor vehicles, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and the environment, and preventing misleading practices.
It applies to the following products:
· Lead-acid batteries for vehicles with four or more wheels;
· Lead-acid batteries for motorcycles, tricycles and quadricycles (including quad bikes).
The notified Technical Regulation does not apply to:
· Lead-acid batteries incorporated into motor vehicles.
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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment
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Relevant documents:
Normative references:
1. ISO 2859-1:1999+Amd 1:2011, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes - Part 1: Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot-by-lot inspection;
2. ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories;
3. ISO/IEC 17050-1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of conformity - Part 1: General requirements;
4. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product certification and guidelines for product certification schemes;
5. IEC 60095-1:2006, Lead-acid starter batteries - Part 1: General requirements and methods of test;
6. IEC 61429:1995, Marking of secondary cells and batteries with the international recycling symbol ISO 7000-1135;
7. EN 50342-7:2015 Lead acid starter batteries. General requirements and methods of tests for motorcycle batteries;
8. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1497:1987, Vehículos Automotores. Baterías de Plomo - Acido. Terminología;
9. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 1499 (1R):2014, Vehículos automotores. Baterías de plomo-ácido. Requisitos.
TRACEABILITY:
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/132
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/132/Add.1
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/132/Add.2
4. G/TBT/N/ECU/132/Add.3
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Proposed date of adoption: 60 days from notification or thereafter
Proposed date of entry into force: 180 days from the date of adoption
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Final date for comments: 60 days from notification
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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 Calidad (Under-Secretariat for Quality)
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca, MPCEIP (Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)
Address: Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, Bloque amarillo
Tel.: (+593-2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272
Email:
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com
aramon@produccion.gob.ec
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/ECU/19_2611_00_s.pdf
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