ECU/357
WTO/TBT
EC Ecuador
  • 85 - Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
2019-06-10
2019-04-17

Other (HS 854449); - Other electric conductors, for a voltage exceeding 1,000 V (HS 854460)

Proyecto de Cuarta Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 021 (4R) "Cables y Conductores Aislados Para Uso Eléctrico" (Draft fourth revision (4R) of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (PRTE INEN) No. 021 "Insulated cables and conductors for electrical use") (11 pages, in Spanish)

The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by insulated cables and conductors for electrical use, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and preventing misleading practices.

The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products: Insulated cables and conductors for electrical use up to 2000 V.

The notified Technical Regulation does not apply to:

1.         Insulated cables and conductors for electrical use whether or not fitted with connectors of any class; 

2.         Metal-sheathed cables for oil- and mining-related activities.