The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
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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)
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8-29 y Diego de Almagro
Tel.: (+593) 2 250-1885
Fax: (+593) 2 256-7815
Email: PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec
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 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 or 2253
Email: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec; 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): 8537.10.10 and 8538.90.00. For a voltage not exceeding 1,000 V (HS 853710); Other (HS 853890)
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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de PRTE INEN 231, "Controladores Programables y Equipos Asociados" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 231: "Programmable controllers and related equipment") (6 pages, in Spanish)
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Description of content: The notified draft Technical Regulation covers the following: Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Product requirements; Labelling requirements; Sampling; Conformity assessment tests; 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 establishes the requirements to be met by programmable controllers and related equipment, with a view to preventing risks to human life and safety and the environment, and practices likely to mislead users.
It applies to domestically manufactured and imported programmable controllers, expansion modules and touch panels marketed in Ecuador.
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Relevant documents:
1. Publication where notice appears: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/; http://www.normalizacion.gob.ec/;
2. Proposal and basic document: Proyecto de PRTE INEN 231, "Controladores Programables y Equipos Asociados" (Draft Technical Regulation of the Ecuadorian Standardization Institute (PRTE INEN) No. 231: "Programmable controllers and related equipment");
3. Publication in which Technical Regulation will be published when adopted: Registro Oficial (Official Journal).
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Proposed date of adoption: 90 days from 24 June 2014
Proposed date of entry into force: 90 days after adoption and publication in the Official Journal
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Final date for comments: 22 September 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 or 2253
Email: aanrango@mipro.gob.ec; mmartinez@mipro.gob.ec; PuntocontactoOTCECU@mipro.gob.ec
Website: http://www.industrias.gob.ec/
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