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G/TBT/N/MEX/246 
23 October 2012 
 (12-5779) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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 Energía  (Ministry of Energy) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail 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 Normalizaci ón para la Preservación y Uso Racional de los 
Recursos Energéticos  (National Advisory Committee on Standardization for the 
Conservation and Rational Use of Energy Resources) Río Lerma 302, 5o. piso, Colonia Cuauhtémoc Delegación Cuauhtémoc 06500, México, D.F. 
E-mail: fernando.hernandez@conuee.gob.mx  and margarito.sanchez@conuee.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.sener.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):   Domestic cooking 
appliances (International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 97.040) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de Norma 
Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-025-ENER-2012, Efic iencia térmica de aparatos domésticos 
para cocción de alimentos que usan Gas Licuado  de Petróleo o Gas Natural.  Límites, 
métodos de prueba y etiquetado (Draft Mexican Official Standard 
PROY-NOM-025-ENER-2012:  Thermal efficien cy of LPG-fired or natural gas-fired 
domestic cooking appliances.  Limits, test met hods and labelling) (20 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the 
minimum acceptable thermal e fficiency values for hobs and the maintenance consumption 
of ovens of LPG-fired or natural gas-fire d domestic cooking appliances, as well as the 
relevant test methods, labelling requirement s and conformity assessment procedure. 
The Standard also applies to combination (dua l-fuel) cookers which use LPG or natural gas 
and incorporate electric elements. G/TBT/N/MEX/246 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
To increase energy saving and conserve energy resources through the use of improved technology, as well as to protect consumers by guiding them in the choice of the domestic 
appliances best suited to their cooking requirements. 
8. Relevant documents:   - 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applicable. 
90 calendar days after publication of the 
final Mexican Official Standard in the 
Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments:   17 December 2012 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresses, if available, of other body: 
Secretaría de Economía 
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad 
Dirección General de Normas Tel.: (+52) 55 5729-9100, Ext. 43217 Fax: (+52) 55 5520-9715 E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or jesus.figueroa@economia.gob.mx  
Website: " http://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad-negocios/normalizacion/catalogo-
mexicano-de-normas" 
 
Text available online at: http://www.dof.gob.mx/index.php ?year=2012&month=10&day=17 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/tbt/MEX/12_4152_00_s.pdf