G/TBT/N/MEX/496  
30 April 2021 
(21-3699) 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 Juáre z, 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 [ ], 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 provi ded in addition, where applicable) : 
Telecommunications and broadcasting  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Anteproyecto 
de Acuerdo mediante el cual el Pleno del Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones modifica 
el Procedimiento de evaluación de la conformidad en materia de telecomunicaciones y 
radiodifusión (Preliminary draft Decision by means of which the Federa l 
Telecommunications Institute amends the conformity assessment procedure on 
telecommunications and broadcasting) (36 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified text amends the conformity assessment procedure 
in relation to the content of the Decision by means of which the Plenary Meeting of the 
Federal Telecommunications Institute amends the conformity assessment procedure on 
telecommunications and broadcasting, particularly with regard to the following aspects:  
I. Non-transferability of c onformity certificates.  
II. Test report submitted to the Federal Telecommunications Institute.  
III. Certification scheme "Sample by product model and surveillance for more than one 
batch"  
IV. Number of samples by certification scheme  
IV. Number of samples by certification scheme  G/TBT/N/MEX/496  
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  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 ; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant docume nts: 
• Decreto por el que se expiden la Ley Federal de Telecomunicaciones y 
Radiodifusión, y la Ley del Sistema Público de Radiodifusión del Estado Mexicano  
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:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of  the Economy)  
Dirección General de Normas (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Contact person:  César Osvaldo Orozco Arce  
Pachuca 189, Colonia Condesa,  
Demarcación territorial Cuauhtémoc,  
Ciudad de México, 06140  
C.P. 53950  
(+52 55) 5729 91 00 ; Ext. 13247 ; Ext. 13264  
cesar.orozco@economia.gob.mx ; tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx  
http://www.ift.org.mx/industria/consultas -publicas/consulta -publica -sobre -el-
anteproyecto -de-acuerdo -mediante -el-cual-el-pleno -del-instituto -federal -de-7 
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