SGS : Ecuador Intends Revision to Technical Regulation on Toy Safety

SG 98/24

Ecuador has informed the WTO of its plan to amend its toy safety requirements. If approved, the new law will enter into force six months after its publication.

On June 4, 2024, the World Trade Organization (WTO) announced a draft technical regulation from Ecuador on its intention to amend the nation's Technical Regulation on Toy Safety (RTE INEN 089 'Seguridad de los Juguetes')

The draft technical regulation (Proyecto de Reglamenta Technico Ecuatoriano PRTE 089 (1R) 'Seguridad de los Juguetes'), attached to WTO document number 24-4224, contains several important provisions. It:

• Defines the scope of toy products with HS Codes
• Specifies toy safety requirements, including, but not limited to, mechanical and physical properties, flammability and migration of certain elements
• Specifies ISO 8124 or EN 71 test methods for demonstrating compliance with the revised technical regulation (see Table 1 below)
• Details requirements for containers, packaging and labeling
• Provides a list of regulatory references, including safety standards that are indicated in Table 1 below and the following standards:
• • ISO/IEC 17025:2017 'General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories'
  • ISO/IEC 17050-1:2004 'Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of conformity'
  • ISO/IEC 17067:2013 'Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product certification and guidelines for product certification schemes'
• Details the conformity assessment procedure (Procedimiento de Evaluació de la Conformidad, PEC), including inspection, sampling and product conformity certification by a certification body, as well as details of Certification Schemes 1a, 1b (batch), 2, 3, 4 and 5

Highlights of test methods used to demonstrate conformity in the draft revision are summarized in Table 1.

Item	Title of Standard	ISO Standard	European Standard
1	Safety and physical properties	ISO 8124-1:2018	EN 71-1:2014+A1:2018
2	Flammability	ISO 8124-2:2014	EN 71-2:2020
3	Migration of certain elements	ISO 8124-3:2020	EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021
4	Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities	ISO 8124-10:2019	EN 71-4:2020
5	Chemical toys (sets) other than experimental sets	ISO 8124-11:2019	EN 71-5:2015

Table 1

If approved, this technical regulation RTE 089 (First Revision) replaces RTE INEN 089:2014 'Seguridad de los juguetes' and amendment 1:2018. It will enter into force six months following publication.

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