G/TBT/N/MEX/292  
16 September 2015  
(15-4744)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible: Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones  (Federal 
Telecommunications Institute) 
Name and address (including telephon e 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: 
Comments, views and other contributions may be sent by email to info.upr@ift.org.mx  or 
by post to: Dr Nimbe Ewald Arostegui, Directora General de Regulación Técnica, Oficialía 
de Partes del Instituto, Insurgentes Sur 1143, Colonia Nochebuena, Delegación Benito 
Juárez, C.P. 03720 (Monday-Thursday, 9.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m. and Friday 8.30 a.m. - 
4.30 p.m.) 
http://www.ift.org.mx/industria/consultas -publicas/consulta-publica-sobre-el-
anteproyecto-de-lineamientos-para-la-acreditacion-designacion-y  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2. 10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 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): Chapter 85: 
Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, 
television image and sound recorders and repr oducers, and parts and accessories of such 
articles. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Anteproyecto 
denominado "Acuerdo mediante el cual se establecen los lineamientos para la acreditación, 
designación y reconocimiento de Laboratorios de Pruebas" (Proposed draft decision 
establishing guidelines for the accreditation, designation and recognition of testing laboratories) (54 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified guidelines contain provisions on infrastructure, 
telecommunications and broadcasting established by the Federal Telecommunications 
Institute, and requirements and procedures concerning the accreditation, designation and 
recognition of testing laboratories in the territory of the United Mexican States. G/TBT/N/MEX/292 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified guidelines seek to establish requirements and procedures for: 
 Accreditation, by the Federal Telecommunications Institute, of national third-party 
testing laboratories responsible for th e testing and conformity assessment of 
infrastructure and telecommunications and broadcasting equipment, in accordance 
with standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005 (General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories), the technical regulations on infrastructure and telecommunications and broadcasting equipment of the Federal Telecommunications 
and Broadcasting Law and, where appropriate, the relevant mutual recognition 
agreement. 
 Approval, by the Federal Telecommunication s Institute, of accreditation bodies 
responsible for accrediting national third-party testing laboratories in respect of 
technical regulations on infrastructure and telecommunications and broadcasting equipment. 
 Designation, by the Federal Telcommunications Institute, of national third-party 
testing laboratories responsible for te sting and assessing the conformity of 
telecommunications and broadcasting equipment with foreign technical regulations. 
 Recognition, by the Federal Telecommunications Institute, of foreign third-party 
testing laboratories designated by a designating authority of a foreign government; 
recognition of their competence to carry out conformity assessment and to accept the test reports prepared by those laboratories, on the basis of foreign technical 
regulations on infrastructure and teleco mmunications and broadcasting equipment, 
within the framework of the relevant mutual recognition agreement.  
8. Relevant documents:  
 Public consultation participation form: http://www.ift.org.mx/industria/consultas-
publicas/consulta-publica-sobre-el-anteproyecto-de-lineamientos-para-la-
acreditacion-designacion-y  
 Ley Federal de Telecomunicaciones y Radiodifusión  (Federal Telecommunications and 
Broadcasting Law) 
 ISO/IEC 17025:2005: General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories 
 ISO/IEC 17011:2004: Conformity assessment - General requirements for 
accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 60 calendar days after publication in the Official Journal. 
Once published in the Official Journal. 
Proposed date of entry into force: Will enter into force on the day following that on 
which the Federal Telecommunications Institute issues a notice confirming the existence of 
the infrastructure required for its implementation.  
10. Final date for comments: 19 October 2015 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía 
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad Dirección General de Normas 
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43244 
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715 
Website: http://www.ift.org.mx/industria/consultas-publicas/consulta-publica-sobre-el-
anteproyecto-de-lineamientos-para-la-acreditacion-designacion-y  
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
Text available online at: 
http://www.ift.org.mx/sites/default/files/indus tria/temasrelevantes/5106/documentos/ane 
xolaboratoriodepruebas201509070907_0.pdf 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/TBT/MEX/15_3598_00_s.pdf