G/TBT/N/PAN/90  
11 January 2017  
(17-0189) 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 : PANAMA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnolo gía Industrial (Directorate -General for Standards 
and Industrial Technology)  
Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias (Ministry of Trade and Industry)  
Vía Ricardo J. A lfaro y calle El Paical  
Edificio Plaza Edison, 3er Piso  
Panamá, Panamá  
Tel.: (+507) 560 -0716/5 60-0600, Ext.2389/2392  
Fax: (+507) 560 -0721 
Email: mortega@mici.gob.pa /dgnti@mici.gob.pa  
Website: http://www.mici.gob.pa/  
Name and addr ess (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:  
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) : 23.120  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico DGNTI -COPANIT 104 -2016, Eficiencia energética y etiquetado en 
dividido con flujo de refrigerante variable, descarga libre y sin ductos de aire  (Draft 
Technical Regulation DGNTI -COPANIT 104 -2016: Energy efficiency and labelling of split 
type, free flow, ductless air conditioners with variable refrigerant flow) (10 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation establishes the minimum 
energy efficiency level for the product concerned, and the rele vant public inf ormation 
labelling requirements . 
It covers the following: Purpose; scope; references; specifications; test methods; labelling 
and commercial information; conformity assessment; monitoring; and penalties. It 
includes a bibliograp hy and has tw o annexes, A and B .  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Prevention of misleading practices.  G/TBT/N/PAN/90  
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  8. Relevant documents : Mexican Official Standard NOM -026-ENER -2015, Eficiencia 
energética en acondicionadores d e aire tipo dividido (Inverter) con flujo refrigerante 
variable, descarga libre y sin conductos de aire . Límites, métodos de prueba y etiquetado  
(Energy efficiency of split type (inverter), free flow, ductless air conditioners with variable 
refrigerant flo w. Limits, test methods and labelling)  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined.  
Proposed date of entry into force : 18 months after publication in the Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments : 26 February 2 017 
11. Texts available from : Nation al enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial  
Ave. Ricardo J. A lfaro y calle El Paical  
Edif. Plaza Edison, 3er Piso  
Panamá, Panam á 
Tel.: (+507) 560 -0716 
Fax: (+507) 560 -0721 
Email: dgnti@mici.gob.pa  
Website: http://www.mici.gob.pa/  
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