ECU/420
WTO/TBT
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
2019-05-22
Microwave ovens (HS 851650)
Proyecto de Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 123 (1R) "Eficiencia energética para hornos microondas" (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 123, "Energy efficiency for microwave ovens") (13 pages, in Spanish)
The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by microwave ovens, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and health, and the environment, and preventing deceptive practices.
It applies to microwave ovens with a rated voltage not exceeding 250 V AC. It does not apply to appliances used to heat food and beverages in laboratories.