ECU/485/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
2021-03-05
2021-02-12

- Electro-thermic hair-dressing or hand-drying apparatus: (HS 85163)

Proyecto de Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 179 (1R) "Aparatos para cuidado de la piel o del cabello" (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 179: "Appliances for skin or hair care") (10 pages, in Spanish)

The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by household electric appliances for the care of skin or hair of persons or animals, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety, protecting animal health and preventing deceptive practices.

It applies to the following products: Electric appliances for the care of skin or hair of persons or animals and intended for household and similar purposes, such as:

·         Curling combs;

·         Tongs;

·         Rollers with separate heaters;

·         Facial saunas;

·         Hair dryers;

·         Hand dryers;

·         Heaters with detachable curlers;

·         Permanent wave appliances.

The Technical Regulation does not apply to: Electric appliances for the care of skin or hair of persons and intended for medical purposes.