G/TBT/N/MEX/471  
23 July 2020 
(20-5044) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : MEXICO  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Secretaría de Economía  
Calle Pachuca número 189, Colonia Condesa, Demarcación Territorial Cuauhtémoc, 
Código Postal 06140, Ciudad de México, Mexico  
Tel.: (+52) 55 57 29 61 00, Ext. 13204  
Email: consultapublica@economia.gob.mx  and juan.rivera@economia.gob.mx  
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) : Electrical 
products - lighting  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-064-SE-2020, Prod uctos Eléctricos -Luminarios para 
Uso en interiores y exteriores - Especificaciones de Seguridad y Métodos de Prueba 
(Cancelará a la NOM -064-SCFI-2000 y cancela al PROY -NOM-064-SCFI-2017)  (Draft 
Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-064-SE-2020: Electrical products - Lighting for 
indoor and outdoor use - Safety requirements and test methods (cancelling Mexican 
Official Standard NOM -064-SCFI-2000 and draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-
064-SCFI-2017)) (20 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content:  
The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes safety specifications and test 
methods for lighting for indoor and outdoor use.  
It applies to electric lighting for indoor and outdoor  use, or for signalling or emergency 
purposes, that is manufactured, imported or marketed in Mexico.  
It is defined on the basis of the use and performance of lighting, and will therefore be 
applied regardless of the descriptive or design characteristics of  the light source (whether 
incandescent , gas discharge, light -emitting diode, semiconductor or solid -state element, 
and other artificial light sources).  
It does not apply to the following types of lighting:  
• - Lighting to be installed on board vessels, planes and in vehicles in general;  
• - Lighting for particular purposes, such as identification lamps and lights used 
in aviation or heliports for signalling and as visual aids, obstruction lights, G/TBT/N/MEX/471  
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  lights for photo graphy, seasonal decorative items and lights incorporated into 
household appliances, tools and electronics;  
• - Lighting for classified or hazardous, underwater and therapeutic areas.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where  
applicable : Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection ; Protection of 
human health or safety ; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Mexican Official Journal NOM -024-SCFI-2013, "Información comercial para 
empaques, instructivos y garantías de los productos electrónicos, eléctricos y 
electrodomésticos" , published in the Official Journal on 1 2 August 2 013. 
• Mexican Official Standard NOM -058-SCFI-2017, "Controladores para fuentes 
luminosas artificiales, con pro pósitos de iluminación en general -Especificaciones 
de seguridad y métodos de prueba" , published in the Official Journal on 1 5 August 
2017. 
• Mexican Official Standard NOM -106-SCFI-2017, "Características de diseño y 
condiciones de uso de la Contraseña Oficial ", published in the Official Journal on 
8 September 2 017. 
• Mexican Standard NMX -Z-012/2 -1987, "Muestreo para la inspección por atributos 
- Parte 2 : métodos de muestreo, tablas y gráficas" , whose notice of entry into 
force was published in the Official Journ al on 2 8 October 1 987. 
• Mexican Standard NMX -J-307-ANCE -2017, "Luminarios de uso general para 
interiores y exteriores" , whose notice of entry into force was published in the 
Official Journal on 7 April 2 017. 
• Mexican Standard NMX -J-619-ANCE -2014, "Iluminación -Definiciones y 
terminología" , whose notice of entry into force was published in the Official 
Journal on 1 6 June 2 015. 
• Mexican Standard NMX -J-066-ANCE -2017, "Conductores -Determinación del 
diámetro y del área de la sección transversal de conductores eléctricos -Método 
de prueba" , whose notice of entry into force was published in the Official Journal 
on 2 May 2 017. 
• Mexican  Standard NMX -J-212-ANCE -2017, "Conductores -Resistencia, resistividad 
y conductividad eléctricas -Método de prueba" , whose notice of entry into force 
was published in the Official Journal on 1 3 September 2 017. 
• Mexican Standard NMX -J-297-ANCE -2017, "Conducto res-Cordones flexibles de 
cobre para usos eléctricos y electrónicos -Especificaciones" , whose notice of entry 
into force was published in the Official Journal on 8 June 2 017. 
• Mexican Standard NMX -J-012/1 -ANCE -2014, "Conductores -Conductores de cobre 
y aluminio con designación internacional -Especificaciones" , whose notice of entry 
into force was published in the Official Journal on 9 February 2 015. 
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 the date of notification  G/TBT/N/MEX/471  
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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:  
Secretaría de Economia  
Calle Pachuca número 189, Colonia Condesa, Demarcación Territorial Cuauhtémoc, 
Código Postal 06140, Ciudad de México, Mexico  
Tel.: (+52) 55 57 29 61 00, Ext. 13204  
Email: consultapublica@economia.gob.mx  and juan.rivera@economia.gob.mx  
https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5596969&fecha=20/07/2020  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/MEX/20_4399_00_s.pdf