G/TBT/N/MEX/363  
20 July 2017 
(17-3987) 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 : Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normal ización de la Secretaría de 
Economía , CCONNSE (National Advisory Committee on Standardization of the Ministry of 
the Economy)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designate d to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Claudia Sama, Av . Puente de Tecamachalco No. 6, Col . Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección 
Fuentes, Naucalpan de Juárez, C.P. 53950, Estado de México, Tel. : 57 29 61 00, 
Ext.: 43219/43231,  
Email:  
claudia.sama@economia.gob.mx  and consultapublica@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) : Equipment 
to block mobile phone signals, radiocommunications and the transmission of data 
(85432005)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-220-SCFI-2017, Especificaciones y requerimientos de 
los equipos de bloqueo de señales de telefonía celular, de radiocomunicación o de 
transmisión de datos e imagen dentro de centros de readaptación social, establecimientos 
penitenciarios o centros de internamiento para menores, federales o de las entidades 
federativas  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-220-SCFI-2017: Specification s and 
requirements for equipment to block mobile phone signals, radiocommunications and the 
transmission of images and other data within federal and state social rehabilitation centres, 
prisons and youth detention facilities) (4 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The products targeted by this standard include all signal -blocking 
equipment that, in the technical operating field , block, cancel or permanently eliminate 
mobile phone signals, radiocommunications and the transmission of images and ot her dat a 
within federal and state social rehabilitation centres, prisons and youth detention facilities, 
regardless of their designation.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Mexican Offi cial Standard establishes that all equipment to 
block mobile phone signals, radiocommunications and the transmission of images and 
other data at the frequencies used to receive data on terminal communications equipment, 
which is to be imported, marketed an d/or distributed within the United Mexican States,  
must comply with the minimum specifications and limits, and test methods indicated in 
Technical Provision IFT -010-2016.  G/TBT/N/MEX/363  
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  The draft Standard seeks to protect communications by ensuring that equipment deploye d 
and marketed on national territory does not cause interference that is harmful to other 
operating equipment and therefore to telecommunications networks and services, thereby 
guaranteeing the interoperability of telecommunications networks and services.  
8. Relevant documents:  
 Acuerdo mediante el cual el Pleno del Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones 
expide la Disposición Técnica IFT -010-2016: especificaciones y requerimientos de los 
equipos de bloqueo de señales de telefonía celular, de radiocomunicac ión o de 
transmisión de datos e imagen dentro de centros de readaptación social, 
establecimientos penitenciarios o centros de internamiento para menores, federales 
o de las entidades federativas  (Decision of the Plenary Meeting of the Federal 
Telecommunica tions Institute issuing "Technical Provision IFT -010-2016: 
Specifications and requirements for equipment to block mobile phone signals, 
radiocommunications and the transmission of images and other data within federal 
and state social rehabilitation centres , prisons and youth detention facilities"), 
published in the Mexican Official Journal on 1 August 2 016. 
 Resolución mediante la cual la Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones expide los 
procedimientos de evaluación de la conformidad de productos sujetos al 
cumplimiento de normas oficiales mexicanas de la competencia de la Secretaría de 
Comunicaciones y Transportes a través de la Comisión Federal de 
Telecomunicaciones (Resolution of the Federal Telecommunications Commission 
establishing the conformity assessm ent procedures for products subject to 
compliance with Mexican Official Standards that fall within the remit of the Ministry 
of Communications and Transport acting through the Federal Telecommunications 
Commission), published in the Official Journal on 1 1 August 2 005. 
9. Proposed date of adoption : 14 July 2 017 
Proposed date of entry into force : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will enter 
into force 60 calendar days after its publication in the Official Journal as a final standard.  
10. Final da te for comments : 60 calendar days as from 1 4 July  
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  
Subsecretaría de Competitivid ad y Normatividad  
Dirección General de Normas  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43217  
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715  
Website: http://www.economia -noms.gob.mx/?P=144  
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
Text available online at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5490266&fecha=14/07/2017  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/MEX/17_3298_00_s.pdf