G/TBT/N/MEX/491  
1 February  2021 
(21-0834) 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:  
Insurgentes Sur #1143 Colonia Nochebuena, Demarcación Territorial Benito Juárez, CP. 
03720, México D.F . Alternate address : Insurgentes Sur #838 Colonia Del Valle, 
Demarcación Territorial Benito Juárez, C.P. 03100  
Tel.: (+55) 50154344  
Email:  
asuntosinternacionales@ift.org.mx  
virginia.minero@ift.org.mx  
edna.ferrer@ift.org.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 provi ded in addition, where applicable) : 
Telecommunications products, equipment, devices and appliances that may be connected 
to a telecommunications network and/or use the radio spectrum.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : ACUERDO 
mediante el cual el Pleno del Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones expide la 
Disposición Técnica IFT -012-2019: Especificaciones técnicas para el cumplimiento de los 
límites máximos de emisiones radioeléctricas no ionizantes de los productos, equi pos, 
dispositivos o aparatos destinados a telecomunicaciones que pueden ser conectados a 
una red de telecomunicaciones y/o hacer uso del espectro radioeléctrico . Índice de 
Absorción Específica (SAR)  (Decision of the Plenary Meeting of the Federal 
Telecommu nications Institute issuing "Technical Provision IFT -012-2019: Technical 
specifications for compliance with the maximum levels of non -ionizing radioelectric 
emissions of telecommunications products, equipment, devices and appliances that may 
be connected t o a telecommunications network and/or use the radio spectrum . Specific 
absorption rate (SAR) ") (217 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Provision establishes the technical 
specifications for compliance with the maximum lev els of non -ionizing radioelectric 
emissions of telecommunications products, equipment, devices and appliances that may 
be connected to a telecommunications network and/or use the radio spectrum in the 30 
MHz to 6 GHz frequency range, by means of the specif ic absorption rate (SAR) measured 
in proximity to the human body.  G/TBT/N/MEX/491  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
• IEC 62209 -1: Measurement procedure for the assessment of specific absorption 
rate of human exposure to radio frequency fields from hand -held and body -
mounted Wireless communication devices - Part 1 : Devices used next to the ear 
(Frequency range of 300 MHz to 6 GHz) . Ed.2. August 2 016; 
• IEC 62209 -2: Human exposure to radio frequency fields from hand -held and 
body-mounted Wireless communication devices -Human models, instrumentation, 
and procedures - Part. 2 : Procedure to determine the specific absorption ratio 
(SAR) for Wireless communi cation devices used in close proximity to the human 
body (frequency range of 30 MHz to 6 GHz) . Ed. 1. March 2 010; 
• International Commission on Non -Ionizing Radiation Protection, "Guidelines for 
limiting exposure to time -varying electric, magnetic and electr omagnetic fields 
(up to 300 GHz)" . HEALTH PHYS ICS 74  (4):494 -522. 1998.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days after publication in the Official Journal  
Proposed date of entry into force : 60 days after publication in the Official Journal  
10. Final date fo r comments : 60 days from notification  
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 Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Dirección General de Normas (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Calle Pachuca número 189, pisos 7 y 12, Colonia Condesa, Demarcación Territorial 
Cuauhtémoc, Código Postal 06140, Ciudad de México, Mexico  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, E xt. 13217/13264,  
Email:  
César Osvaldo Orozco Arce: cesar.orozco@economia.gob.mx  
Tania Daniela Fosado Soriano: tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx  
https://www.dof.gob.mx/index_113.php?year=2020&month=02&day=26  
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