G/TBT/N/MEX/417  
18 June 2018 
(18-3770) Page: 1/3 
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 : Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
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:  
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de la Secretaría de Economía  (National 
Advisory Committee on Standardization of the Ministry of the Economy) 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 and 43235, 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) : Electrical 
products - Lighting . Relevant tariff headings : 851310, 853010, 940510, 940520 and 
940540  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-064-SCFI-2017, Productos  Eléctricos -Luminarios para 
uso en interiores y exteriores -Especificaciones de seguridad y Métodos de prueba  (Draft 
Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-064-SCFI-2017: Electrical products - Lighting for 
indoor and outdoor use - Safety requirements and test m ethods), (cancels Mexican Official 
Standard), (19 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard applies to electric 
lighting for indoor and outdoor use, or for signalling or emergency purposes, which is 
manufa ctured, imported or marketed in the territory of the United Mexican States.  
It is defined on the basis of the use and performance of lighting, and will therefore be 
applied regardless of the descriptive or design characteristics of the light source (whethe r 
incandescent , gas discharge, light -emitting diode, semiconductor or solid -state element, 
and other artificial light sources).  
The notified draft Mexican Official Standard does not apply to the following types of 
lighting:  
- Lighting to be installed on bo ard vessels, planes and in vehicles in general;  
- Lighting for particular purposes, such as identification lamps and lights used in aviation or 
heliports for signalling and as visual aids, obstruction lights, lights for photography, 
seasonal decorative ite ms and lights incorporated into household appliances, tools and 
electronics;  G/TBT/N/MEX/417  
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  - Lighting for classified or hazardous , underwater and therapeutic areas.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft  Mexican Official Standard establishes the safety 
specifications and test methods for lighting for indoor and outdoor use.  
8. Relevant documents:  
 NOM-024-SCFI-2013, Información comercial para empaques, instructivos y 
garantías de los productos electrónico s, eléctricos y electrodomésticos  (Mexican 
Official Standard NOM -024-SCFI-2013: Commercial information to be displayed on 
the packaging of and included in the instructions and guarantees for electronic, 
electrical and home electrical appliances), published  in the Official Journal on 1 2 
August 2 013; 
 NOM-058-SCFI-2017, Controladores para fuentes luminosas artificiales, con 
propósitos de iluminación en general -Especificaciones de seguridad y métodos de 
prueba (Mexican Official Standard NOM -058-SCFI-2017: "Control devices for 
artificial light sources used for general lighting purposes - Safety specifications and 
test methods)", pu blished in the Official Journal  on 15 August 2 017; 
 NOM-106-SCFI-2017, Características de diseño y condiciones de uso de la 
contraseña oficial  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -106-SCFI-2017: Design 
characteristics and conditions for use of the official countermark), published in the 
Official Journal on 8 September 2 017; 
 NMX-Z-12/2-1987, "Muestreo para la inspección por atributos - Parte 2 : Métodos 
de muestreo, tablas y gráficas" (Mexican Standard NMX -Z-012/2 -1987: "Sampling 
for inspection by attributes - Part 2 : Sampling procedures, tables and graphs") . 
Notice of entry into force published in the Mexican Official Journal on 2 8 October 
1987; 
 NMX-J-307-ANCE -2017 Luminarios de uso general para interiores y exteriores 
(Mexican Standard NMX -J-307-ANCE -2017: Lighting for general indoor and outdoor 
use). Notice of entry into force published in the Official Journal on 7 April 2 017; 
 NMX-J-619-ANCE -2014 Iluminación -Definiciones y terminología (Mexican Standard 
NMX-J-619-ANCE -2014: Lighting - Definitions and terminology) . Notice of entry 
into force published in the Official Journal on 1 6 June 2 015; 
 NMX-J-066-ANCE -2017, Conductores -Determinación del di ámetro y del área de la 
sección transversal de conductores eléctricos -Método de prueba (Mexican Standard 
NMX-J-066-ANCE -2017:  Conductors - Determination of the diameter and area of 
the cross section of electric conductors - Test methods) . Notice of entry i nto force 
published in the Official Journal on 2 May 2 017; 
 NMX-J-212-ANCE -2017, Conductores -Resistencia, resistividad y conductividad 
eléctricas -Método de prueba  (Mexican Standard NMX -J-212-ANCE -2017: 
Conductors - Electrical resistance, resistivity and conductivity - Test methods) . 
Notice of entry into force published in the Official Journal on 1 3 September 2 017; 
 NMX-J-297-ANCE -2017, Conductores -Cordones flexibles de cobre para usos 
eléctricos y electrónicos -Especi ficaciones (Mexican Standard NMX -J-297-ANCE -
2017: Conductors - Flexible copper cords for electrical and electronic use - 
Specifications) . Notice of entry into force published in the Official Journal on 8 June 
2017; 
 NMX-J-012/1 -ANCE -2014, Conductores -Conductores de cobre y aluminio con 
designación internacional -Especificaciones , declaratoria de vigencia publicada en el 
Diario Oficial de la Federación el 2 de febrero de 2010 (Mexican Standard NMX -J-
012/1 -ANCE -2014: Conductors - Copper and al uminium conductors with an 
international designation - Specifications) . Notice of entry into force published in 
the Official Journal on 9 February 2 015. 
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined.  G/TBT/N/MEX/417  
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  Proposed date of entry into force : The notified Mexican Official Standard will enter into 
force 180 calendar days after its publication in the Official Journal as a final standard.  
10. Final date for comments : 12 August 2 018 
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone an d fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad (Under -Secretariat of Competitiveness 
and Standardization)  
Dirección General de Norm as (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43244  
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715  
Website: http://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad -negocios/normalizacion/catalogo -
mexicano -de-normas  
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  / sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  / 
jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
 
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