SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a SafeGuardS reporting on Ecuador’s intended revision to its toy safety requirements. If approved, the new law will apply six months after publication.
On June 4, 2024, the World Trade Organization (WTO) circulated a draft technical regulation to amend Ecuador’s Technical Regulation on Toy Safety (RTE INEN 089). The draft contains important provisions, including a scope definition for toy products with HS Codes and toy safety requirements for mechanical and physical properties, flammability and migration of certain elements. It also specifies ISO 8174 and EN 71 test methods for demonstrating compliance.
SGS experts publish SafeGuardS to keep stakeholders informed about regulatory changes that may impact their business. SafeGuardS 098.24 contains full details of the provisions in the draft technical regulation, including a table with highlights of the test methods to be employed to demonstrate conformity.
Stakeholders should review SGS’s original SafeGuardS 098.24 for more details.
SGS Toy & Juvenile Product Services
SGS offers a wide range of services to ensure that products comply with relevant standards for childcare articles and children’s equipment. They provide consulting, training, product development, testing, audit and inspection services to ensure that products comply with strict regulations worldwide, demonstrating the safety and quality of juvenile products being brought to the market. After all, it’s only trusted because it’s tested. Learn more about SGS’s Toy & Juvenile Product Services.
SGS SafeGuardS keep you up to date with the latest news and developments in the consumer goods industry. Read the full Ecuador Intends Revision to Technical Regulation on Toy Safety SafeGuardS.
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