ECU/378/Rev.1
WTO/TBT
EC Equateur
  • 32 - Extraits tannants ou tinctoriaux; tanins et leurs dérivés; pigments et autres matières colorantes; peintures et vernis; mastics; encres
  • 39 - Matières plastiques et ouvrages en ces matières
2019-12-27
2019-11-14

Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions as defined in Note 4 to this Chapter (HS 3208); Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium (HS 3209); Other paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather (HS 3210); - Other (HS 321290); - Colours in sets (HS 321310); - Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings (HS 321410); -- Other (HS 390799)

Proyecto de Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 061 (2R) "Pinturas" (Draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 061 "Paints") (23 pages, in Spanish)

The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by paints, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human health and safety and preventing deceptive practices.

It applies to the following products:

1.    Anti-corrosion paint. Alkyd gloss enamel;

2.    Architectural paints. Water-based emulsion paints (latex);

3.    Paints. Synthetic alkyd enamel for household use;

4.    Paints. Synthetic alkyd enamel for vehicles;

5.    Paints. Nitrocellulose base coats for repainting in the motor vehicle industry;

6.    Paints. Anti-corrosion alkyd vehicle primers;

7.    Paints. Anti-corrosion epoxy vehicle primers;

8.    Paints. Acrylic lacquers for repainting vehicles;

9.    Paints. Acid-catalysed clear or matt lacquers for wood finishing;

10.  Paints. Nitrocellulose lacquers for wood finishing;

11.  Paints. Nitrocellulose lacquers for repainting vehicles;

12.  Paints. Nitrocellulose and polyester fillers;

13.  Paints. Anti-corrosion coatings for high temperatures;

14.  Paints. Sandable nitrocellulose sealant for wood;

15.  Paints for traffic signs; 

16.  Paints for use by children and in schools.