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Table, kitchen – Ecuador

Draft Third Revision of the Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN 051 (3R) 'Pressure cookers for domestic use'

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Proyecto de Tercera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 051 (3R) 'Ollas a presión para uso doméstico'

Ecuador notified a revised version of this proposed TBT measure on 22 July 2026. The measure was first notified on 3 May 2019. The comment period closed on 20 September 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Articles of domestic use and their parts, of stainless steel (exc. drums, cans or tins, boxes and similar containers of heading 7310; wastepaper baskets; shovels, corkscrews and other articles having the character of tools; cutlery articles, as well as spoons, ladles, forks, etc. of the

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Artículos de uso doméstico y sus partes, de acero inoxidable (exc. bidones, latas o botes, cajas y recipientes simil. de la partida 7310; papeleras; palas, sacacorchos y demás artículos con carácter de herramientas; artículos de cuchillería, así como las cucharas, cucharones, tenedores, etc. de las

HS codes
  • 73 · Iron or steel articles
    • 732393 Table, kitchen or other household articles, and parts thereof, of stainless steel (excl. cans, boxes and similar containers of heading 7310; waste baskets…
Notifying member
Ecuador
Status
Adopted, according to its latest notice
Objectives
  • Consumer information, labelling
  • Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection
  • Protection of human health or safety
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/ECU/405Latest notice: G/TBT/N/ECU/405/Rev.1

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 20 September 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
To be determined

What the notification says

The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation applies to the following products, whether domestic or imported, marketed in Ecuador: Portable household pressure cookers with a gross volume of up to 25 l and a working pressure exceeding 4 kPa but of less than 150 kPa, with integrated or independent heating systems.

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. RevisionG/TBT/N/ECU/405/Rev.1

    Comment deadline: Closed on 20 September 2026

    Draft Third Revision of the Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN 051 (3R) 'Pressure cookers for domestic use'

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    Proyecto de Tercera Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 051 (3R) 'Ollas a presión para uso doméstico'

    The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation applies to the following products, whether domestic or imported, marketed in Ecuador: Portable household pressure cookers with a gross volume of up to 25 l and a working pressure exceeding 4 kPa but of less than 150 kPa, with integrated or independent heating systems.

  2. AddendumG/TBT/N/ECU/405/Add.1

    Second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE INEN No. 051 'Household pressure cookers'

    Household pressure cookers By means of this Addendum No. 1, the Republic of Ecuador advises that the second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation RTE INEN No. 051 'Household pressure cookers' has been issued pursuant to Resolution No. MPCEIP-SC-2021-0008-R of 20 January 2021 by the Subsecretaría de Calidad (Under-Secretariat for Quality) of the Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca (Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries). This second revision will enter into force on 20 July 2021. Text available from the Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries, Under-Secretariat for Quality, Organismo Nacional de Notificación (National Notification Authority): TBT enquiry point: Jeannette Mariño Plataforma Gubernamental de Gestión Financiera - Piso 8 Bloque amarillo Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira Quito, Ecuador Tel.: (+593-2) 3948760, Ext. 2252 / 2254 Email: Puntocontacto-OTCECU@produccion.gob.ec puntocontactoecu@gmail.com jmarino@produccion.gob.ec cyepez@produccion.gob.ec jsanchezc@produccion.gob.ec __________

  3. Regular notificationG/TBT/N/ECU/405

    Comment deadline: Closed on 2 July 2019

    Proyecto de Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 051 (2R) 'Ollas a presión para uso doméstico' (Draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN No. 051 'Household pressure cookers') (10 pages, in Spanish)

    The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by household pressure cookers made of aluminium or stainless steel, 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: Pressure cookers made of aluminium or stainless steel having an internal working pressure of 140 kPa or less.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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