ECU/439
WTO/TBT
EC Equateur
  • 84 - Réacteurs nucléaires, chaudières, machines, appareils et engins mécaniques; parties de ces machines ou appareils
2019-07-19
2019-05-29

Drying machines (HS 84512)

Proyecto de Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 111 (1R) "Eficiencia energética para máquinas secadoras de ropa de uso domestico" (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 111 "Energy efficiency of clothes dryers for household use") (12 pages, in Spanish)

The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by clothes dryers, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting the environment and preventing deceptive practices.

It applies to the following products:

·         Electric drum-type clothes dryers for household use;

·         Electric evacuation clothes dryers;

·         Electric condensation clothes dryers.

It does not apply to:

·         Clothes dryers that are not powered by electricity; 

.         Combined clothes washer-dryers.