ECU/435/Rev.1
WTO/TBT
EC Ecuador
  • 97 - Domestic and commercial equipment, Entertainment, Sports
  • 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
2021-05-30
2021-04-07

8510.20.10.00 - - Hair clippers 8510.20.20.00 -- - Hair clippers; Hair clippers with self-contained electric motor (HS 851020); Body care equipment (ICS 97.170)

Proyecto de Primera Revisión del Reglamento Tècnico 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 Technical Regulation does not apply to:

·         Battery-powered hair clippers;

·         Battery-powered shavers;

·         Battery-powered epilators;

·        Devices for medical use.