Ecuador (INEN) - Ecuadorian Standardization Service, (Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries

The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the requirements to be met by safety and protective headgear, prior to the marketing of domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and preventing deceptive practices.

It applies to the following products:

1. Safety headgear for general and specific use in industry,
2. Protective headgear for pedal cyclists and for users of skateboards and roller skates, including protective headgear for young children,
3. Protective headgear for use by drivers and passengers of motorcycles.

It does not apply to:

1. Firefighters' helmets,
2. Military or police helmets,
3. Helmets for canoeing or kayaking and white-water sports.

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. EN 397:2012+A1:2012, Industrial safety helmets.
6. EN 1078:2012+A1:2012, Helmets for pedal cyclists and for users of skateboards and roller skates.
7. EN 1080:2013, Impact protection helmets for young children.
8. ANSI/ISEA Z89.1-2014, Industrial Head Protection.
9. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 218, 49 CFR Part 571, Motorcycle helmets.
10. UN Regulation No. 22 - Revision 4, Uniform provisions concerning the approval of protective helmets and their visors for drivers and passengers of motor cycles and mopeds. 24 September 2002.

Proposed date of adoption: 30 days from notification or thereafter.

Proposed date of entry into force: Six months from the date of adoption.