ECU/435
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
2019-07-16
2019-05-28

Hair clippers (HS 851020)

Proyecto de Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 191 (1R) "Cortadoras de pelo y aparatos similares" (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 191 "Hair clippers and similar items") (9 pages, in Spanish)

The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by hair clippers and similar items, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with a view to protecting human safety and preventing deceptive practices.

It applies to the following products:

·         Hair clippers (including for use on animals).

The notified Technical Regulation does not apply to:

·         Battery-powered hair clippers;

·         Battery-powered shavers;

·         Battery-powered epilators; 

.         Devices for medical use.