ECU/380
WTO/TBT
EC Ecuador
  • 73 - Articles of iron or steel
  • 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
  • 94 - Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings
2019-06-23
2019-05-06

Other (HS 730890); Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases for the goods of heading 85.37, not equipped with their apparatus (HS 853810); Other metal furniture (HS 940320)

Proyecto de Tegunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 057 (3R) "Envolventes para uso eléctrico" (Draft third revision (3R) of Ecuadorian Standardization Institute Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 057 "Enclosures for electrical use") (10 pages, in Spanish)

The notified Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by enclosures 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: Enclosures used for the installation, mounting and protection of electrical switchgear. The notified Technical Regulation does not apply to: Panel boards intended for telecommunications, and panel boards subject to requirements concerning electromagnetic compatibility.