G/TBT/N/GTM/102  
28 October  2021  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member:  GUATEMALA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Energía y Minas , MEM (Ministry of Energy and Mining)  
Dirección General de Energía (Directorate -General of Energy)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designa ted to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
24 Calle 21 -12, Zona 12, Guatemala  
Tel.: (502) 24836363  
Email: c.samayoamem@gmail.com  
 
Website: https://www.mineco.gob.gt  
Coordinación de Integración Económica  (Economic Integration Coordination Office)  
8ª Avenida 10 -43, Zona 1, Cuarto Nivel  
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala  
Tel.: (502) 24120200, Ext. 4319  
Fax: ( 502) 24120339  
Email: ljuarez@mineco.gob.gt  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading.  ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): 
Ventilators. Fans. Air conditioners (ICS 23.120)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  NTON xx xxx 
xx / RTCA 23.01.80:21 Productos Eléctricos.  Acondicionado res de aire tipo dividido, 
descarga libre y sin ductos de aire.  Especificaciones de eficiencia energética.  (Nicaraguan 
Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. xx xxx xx/Central American Technical 
Regulation (RTCA) No. 23.01.80:21: Electrical products. Split-type, free -flow, ductless air 
conditioners. Energy efficiency specifications) (14 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified Regulation seeks to establish the minimum 
seasonal energy efficiency ratio (SEER), test methods, c onformity assessment procedure 
and labelling requirements for split -type, free -flow, ductless air conditioners (known as 
mini-split and multi -split air conditioners), whether simple cycle (only cold) or reverse 
cycle (heat pump) which are manufactured, imp orted or marketed in the States parties.  
The Regulation applies to split -type, free -flow, ductless air conditioners (known as mini -
split and multi -split air conditioners), whether simple cycle (only cold) or reverse cycle 
(heat pump), with air -cooled conde nsers, powered by electricity, with nominal cooling 
capacities of up to 19,050W (65,000 BTU), which operate by mechanical compression.  G/TBT/N/GTM/102  
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  It applies only to systems marketed in the States parties that use one or more simple 
refrigeration circuits and that hav e an evaporator and a condenser.  
The following devices are excluded from the scope of this Technical Regulation:  
(a) Water -source heat pumps  
(b) Units designed for use with additional ducting  
(c) Mobile units (not window -type) with a condenser exhaust duct  
(d) Units with variable speed or variable frequency compressor (inverters and equipment 
with different stages of cooling capacity) and/or variable refrigerant  flow 
(e) Units with a variable  frequency compressor and/or variable refrigerant  flow, known 
as inverters  
(f) Air conditioners with two -speed compressors  
(g) Units designed for use with additional ducting  
(h) Units with a variable frequency compressor and/or variable refrigerant  flow, known 
as Inverters  
(i) Air conditioners with two -speed compressors  
(j) Household goods  
(k) Samples of no commercial value, depending on each State party's procedure  
Note: Items (j) and (k) do not apply to Honduras.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer information and protection; Other  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. ANSI/ASHRAE 37 -2009: Methods of Testing for Rating Electrically Driven 
Unitary Air -Conditioning and Heat Pump Equipment. American Society of 
Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers  
2. ARI 210 -240-2017: Performance Rating of Unitary Air -Conditioning & Air -Source 
Heat Pump Equipment (current version)  
3. NOM-023-ENER -2018, eficiencia energética en acondicionadores de aire tipo 
dividido, descarga libre y sin conducto s de aire.   Límites, método de prueba y 
etiquetado  
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/GTM/102  
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  11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Website: www.mineco.gob.gt  
Economic Integration Coordination Office  
8ª. Ave. 10 -43, Zona 1, 4to.  Nivel 
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala  
Tel.: (502) 2412 0200, Ext. 4319  
Fax: (502) 24120339  
Email: ljuarez@mineco.gob.gt  
 
http://www.mineco.gob.gt  
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