G/TBT/N/MEX/527  
27 November  2023 
(23-7982) Page: 1/2 
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:  
Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones  (Federal Telecommunications Institute)  
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:  
The Institute will receive any comments, opinions and contributions relating to the 
contents of the preliminary draft by email at info.upr@ift.org.mx , or by post at the 
Oficialía de Partes Común  (Common Clerk's Office) of the Institute at Insurgentes Sur 
1143, colonia Nochebuena, Demarcación Territorial Benito Juárez, C.P. 03720, Ciudad de 
México, from 9 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. M onday to Thursday, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on 
Fridays.  
For any questions, comments or concerns regarding this consultative process, the 
Institute has set up the following contact point for all interested parties : Dulce María 
Álvarez Núñez, Deputy D irector of Technical Criteria, email: dulce.alvarez@ift.org.mx , 
tel.: 50154000, ext. 4735, who will be available during the same working hours as the 
Common Clerk's Office of the Institute.  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : The main 
objectives of the preliminary draft are : (i) to add an easily recognizable graphic element 
to marking or labelling, and (ii) to establish mandatory specifications and provisions 
regarding the use of a seal by type -approval certificate  holders, affiliates, subsidiaries and 
importers as part of the marking or labelling referred to in Chapter IX of the "Guidelines 
for the type approval of products, equipment, devices or apparatus for 
telecommunications or broadcasting", published in the O fficial Journal of the Federation 
on 29 December 2 021. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Anteproyecto 
de Lineamientos para el uso del Sello IFT del Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones en 
productos, equipos, dispositivos o aparatos destinados a telecomunicaciones o 
radiodifusión homologados  (Preliminary draft Guidelines for the use of the Federal 
Telecommunications Institute (IFT) seal on type -approved products, equipment, devices 
or apparatus for telecommunic ations or broadcasting ) (6 pages, in Spanish)  G/TBT/N/MEX/527  
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  6. Description of content : Objective  
The Federal Telecommunications Institute (hereinafter, the "Institute"), convinced of the 
importance and significance of making its process of preparing new regulations mor e 
transparent, will receive comments, opinions and contributions from any natural or legal 
person interested in the "Preliminary draft Guidelines for the use of the Federal 
Telecommunications Institute (IFT) seal on type -approved products, equipment, devic es 
or apparatus for telecommunications or broadcasting" (hereinafter, the "preliminary 
draft"), which is proposed on the basis of Articles 7, 15, 289 and 290 of the Federal 
Telecommunications and Broadcasting Law ; Article 23 of the Organic Statute on the 
Federal Telecommunications Institute ; and guidelines 1, 3(II), 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the 
Federal Telecommunications Institute Public Consultation and Regulatory Impact 
Assessment Guidelines.  
The main objectives of the preliminary draft are : (i) to add an eas ily recognizable graphic 
element to marking or labelling, and (ii) to establish mandatory specifications and 
provisions regarding the use of a seal by type -approval certificate holders, affiliates, 
subsidiaries and importers as part of the marking or label ling referred to in Chapter IX of 
the "Guidelines for the type approval of products, equipment, devices or apparatus for 
telecommunications or broadcasting", published in the Official Journal of the Federation 
on 29 December 2 021. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling  
8. Relevant documents:  
Acuerdo mediante el cual el Pleno del Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones expide los 
Lineamientos para la homologación de productos, equipos, dispositivos o aparatos 
destinados a telecomunicaciones o radiodifusión . 
(Published on 2 9 December 2 021 in the Official Journal of the Federation, available at: 
https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5639645&fecha=29/12/2021#gsc.ta
b=0) 
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  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
https://www.ift.org.mx/industria/consultas -publicas/lineamientos -para-el-uso-del-
logotipo -institucional -en-equipos -de-telecomunicaciones -y-radiodifusion  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/MEX/23_13784_00_s.pdf