ECU/359
WTO/TBT
EC Ecuador
  • 36 - Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations
2019-06-10
2019-04-17

Matches, other than pyrotechnic articles of heading 36.04 (HS 3605)

Proyecto de Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 020 (2R) "Fósforos" (Draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation (PRTE INEN) No. 020 "Matches") (9 pages, in Spanish)

The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by matches for consumption, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and health, and preventing misleading practices.

The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products:

1.         Safety matches; 

2.         Strike-anywhere matches.