G/TBT/N/ECU/485  
26 June 2020 
(20-4442) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : ECUADOR  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8 -29 y Diego de Almagro  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3825960 to 90  
Website: www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Qua lity) 
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontacto -OTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchezc@produccion.gob.ec  
Website : www.industrias.gob.ec  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Hair 
dryers, electric (HS 851631) ; Electro -thermic hair -dressing apparatus (excluding hair 
dryers) (HS 851632) ; Electro -thermic hand -drying apparatus (HS 851633)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Primera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE I NEN 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") (9 pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/ECU/485  
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  6. Description of content : The notif ied 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 safet y, 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 ; curling irons ; curling rollers with 
separate heaters ; facial saunas ; hair dryers ; hand dryers ; heaters for detachable curlers ; 
and p ermanent -wave appliances.  
It does not apply to : Electric appliances for the care of skin or hair of persons and intended 
for medical purposes.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection ; Protection of 
human health or safety ; Protection of animal or plant life or health  
8. Relevant documents:  
Normative references:  
1. ISO 2859 -1:1999+Amd 1:2011, Sampling procedures for inspection by 
attributes - Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) 
for lot -by-lot inspection.  
2. ISO/IEC 17025 :2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories.  
3. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements.  
4. ISO/IEC 17067 :2013, Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes.  
5. IEC 60335 -1:2010+AMD1:2013+COR1:2014+AMD2:2016, Household and 
similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 1 : General requirements - Safety of 
household and similar electrical appliances - Part 1:  General requirements.  
6. IEC 60335 -2-23:2016+ AMD1:2019 : Particular requirements for appliances for 
skin or hair care.  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/196  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/196/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/196/Add.2  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from the date of notification  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/ECU/485  
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  11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Contact and/or national enquiry point:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontacto -OTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
jmarino@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchezc@produccion.gob.ec  
www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
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