ECU/393/Rev.1
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
  • 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
2020-02-14
2020-01-06

8539.50.00.00 - Light-emitting diode (LED) lamps; - Ballasts for discharge lamps or tubes (HS 850410); - Static converters (HS 850440); - Fixed capacitors designed for use in 50/60 Hz circuits and having a reactive power handling capacity of not less than 0.5 kvar (power capacitors) (HS 853210); - Other fixed capacitors: (HS 85322); - Variable or adjustable (pre-set) capacitors (HS 853230); - Relays: (HS 85364); - Other filament lamps, excluding ultra-violet or infra-red lamps: (HS 85392); -- Other (HS 853949); - Photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels; light-emitting diodes (HS 854140); - Chandeliers and other electric ceiling or wall lighting fittings, excluding those of a kind used for lighting public open spaces or thoroughfares (HS 940510); - Electric table, desk, bedside or floor-standing lamps (HS 940520); - Other electric lamps and lighting fittings (HS 940540).

Proyecto de Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 069 (2R) "Equipos de iluminación" (Draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 069 "Lighting equipment") (21 pages, in Spanish)

The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by lighting equipment, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and preventing deceptive practices.

The notified Technical Regulation applies to the following products:

1.    Luminaires

2.    Floodlights

3.    Metal halide lamps

4.    High-pressure sodium vapour lamps

5.    Low-pressure sodium vapour lamps

6.    Tungsten halogen lamps

7.    Tungsten filament lamps

8.    Electromagnetic ballasts

9.    Electronic ballasts

10.  Starters (ignitors)

11.  Capacitors

12.  Photo controls

13.  Time switches (switching relays)

14.  LED lamps, modules, luminaires and floodlights

15.  Control gear for LED modules 

16.  Aluminium and plastic luminaire housing