ECU/442
WTO/TBT
EC Equateur
  • 73 - Ouvrages en fonte, fer ou acier
2019-07-23
2019-06-11

Other wood screws (HS 731812); Self-tapping screws (HS 731814); Other screws and bolts, whether or not with their nuts or washers (HS 731815); Other (HS 731819)

Proyecto de Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 170 (1R) "Tornillos autorroscantes y autotaladrantes" (Draft first revision (1R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 170, "Self-tapping and self-drilling screws") (9 pages, in Spanish)

The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by self-tapping and self-drilling screws with various forms of head, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with a view to preventing deceptive practices.

It applies to the following products:

·         Self-tapping threaded screws

·         Hexagon head self-tapping screws

·         Slotted pan head self-tapping screws

·         Slotted countersunk (flat) head self-tapping screws

·         Slotted raised countersunk (oval) head self-tapping screws

·         Heat-treated steel self-tapping screws

·         Stainless steel self-tapping screws

·         Cross-recessed pan head self-tapping screws

·         Cross-recessed countersunk (flat) head self-tapping screws

·         Cross-recessed raised countersunk (oval) head self-tapping screws

·         Hexagon washer head self-tapping screws

·         Self-tapping screw and washer assemblies with plain washers

·         Self-drilling screws with tapping screw thread

·         Plain washers for self-tapping screw and washer assemblies. Normal and large series. Product grade A

·         Hexalobular socket pan head self-tapping screws

·         Hexalobular socket countersunk head self-tapping screws

·         Hexalobular socket raised countersunk (oval) head self-tapping screws

·         Hexagon washer head self-drilling screws with tapping screw thread

·         Cross-recessed pan head self-drilling screws with tapping screw thread

·         Cross-recessed countersunk head self-drilling screws with tapping screw thread 

.         Cross-recessed raised countersunk head self-drilling screws with tapping screw thread