ECU/417
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
2019-07-12
2019-05-17

Mercury or sodium vapour lamps; metal halide lamps (HS 853932)

Proyecto de Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano RTE INEN 168 (1R) "Lámparas de vapor de mercurio, de sodio y de halogenuro metálico" (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE INEN No. 168 "Mercury vapour lamps, sodium vapour lamps and metal halide lamps") (9 pages, in Spanish)

The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by mercury vapour lamps, sodium vapour lamps and metal halide lamps for general lighting, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and preventing deceptive practices.

It applies to the following products:

·         High-pressure mercury vapour lamps

·         High-pressure sodium vapour lamps

·         Low-pressure sodium vapour lamps 

.         Metal halide lamps