Ecuador - Draft Second Revision of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN 069 (2R), "Lighting Equipment for Public Lighting"

​The Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade and Investments has notified the draft Second Revision of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation PRTE INEN 069 (2R), “Lighting Equipment for Public Lighting.”

According to the draft, the proposed technical regulation would apply to the following products, whether of domestic origin or imported, when marketed in Ecuador:

- High-pressure sodium vapor luminaires and their components, including high-pressure sodium vapor lamps, ballasts, starters (igniters), capacitors, photocontrols, photocontrol receptacles, and switching relays; and

- LED luminaires and floodlights and their components, including LED drivers, surge protective devices (SPDs), LED modules, short-circuit caps, photocontrols, and photocontrol receptacles.

The draft technical regulation would not apply to:

- Integrated solar luminaires for public lighting and their components; and

- Floodlights that simultaneously meet all of the following conditions: rated power of less than 200 W, IP rating of less than 66, IK rating of less than 0.9, and CRI of less than 80.