G/TBT/N/MEX/324  
26 September 2016  
(16-5104) 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 t he 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 Naci onal de Normalización de la Secretaría de Economía  (National 
Advisory Committee on Standardization of the Ministry of the Economy)  
Av. Puente de Tecamachalco Núm. 6  
Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco  
Sección Fuentes  
Naucalpan de Juarez  
C.P. 53950, Estado de México  
Tel.: 57 29 91 00, Ext. 43231 or 43219  
Fax: 55 20 97 15  
Email: mariana.hernandez@economia.gob.mx  and/or claudia.sama@economia.gob.mx   
3. Notified u nder 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) : Artificial 
light sources (heading 9405)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : PROY-NOM-058-
SCFI-2015, Controladores para fuentes luminosas artificiales, con propósitos de 
iluminación en general - Especificaciones de seguridad y metodos de prueba  (Draft 
Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-058-SCFI-2015: Control devices for artificial light 
sources used for general lighting purposes - Safety specifications and test methods) 
(20 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard is a pplicable to 
control devices for artificial light sources used for general lighting purposes . The devices 
covered include those used indoors, outdoors and in street lighting.  
The text applies to control devices on the basis of their use and performance, an d will 
therefore be applied regardless of their descriptive or design characteristics or the artificial 
light source concerned.  It covers, but is not limited to, control devices for the following 
light-source technologies : gas discharge, light -emitting dio de, semiconductor or solid -state 
element, and other artificial light sources.  
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 lamp control devices.  G/TBT/N/MEX/324  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 NOM-008-SCFI-2002, Sistema general de unidades de medida  (Mexican Official 
Standard NOM -008-SCFI-2002: General system of units of measurement), published 
in the Official Journal on 2 7 November 2 002. 
 NOM-017-SCFI-1993, Información comercial - Etiquetado de artículos reconstruidos, 
usados o de segunda mano, de segunda línea, descontinuados y fuera de 
especificaciones  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -017-SCFI-1993: Commercial 
information - Labelling of r ebuilt, used or second -hand articles, seconds, 
discontinued articles, and products that do not conform to specifications) ; published 
in the Official Journal on 2 9 October 1 993. 
 NOM-106-SCFI-2000: Características de diseño y condiciones de uso de la 
contras eña oficial  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -106-SCFI-2000: Design 
characteristics and conditions for use of the official countermark), published in the 
Official Journal on 2 February 2 001. 
 NMX-J-156-ANCE -2010, Iluminación - Balastros electromagnéticos para lámparas 
fluorescentes - Especificaciones  (Mexican Standard NMX -J-156-ANCE -2010: Lighting 
- Electromagnetic ballasts for fluorescent lamps - Specifications) . Notice of entry into 
force published in the Official Journal on 1 1 May 2 010. 
 NMX-J-198-ANCE -2015, Iluminación - Controladores para lámparas fluorescentes - 
Métodos de prueba  (Mexican Standard NMX -J-198-ANCE -2015: Lighting - Control 
devices for fluorescent lamps - Test methods) . Notice of entry into force published in 
the Official Journal on 2 2 July 2 015. 
 NMX-J-230-ANCE -2011, Iluminación - Balastros - Balastros para lámparas de 
descarga de alta intensidad y vapor de sodio de baja presión - Métodos de prueba  
(Mexican Standard NMX -J-230-ANCE -2011: Lighting - Ballasts - Ballasts for high -
intensity and low -pressure sodium vapour discharge lamps - Test methods) . Notice 
of entry into force published in the Official Journal on 2 2 September 2 011. 
 NMX-J-503-ANCE -2011, Iluminación - Balastros - Balastros para lámparas de 
descarga de alta intensidad y lámparas de va por de sodio de baja presión - 
Especificaciones  (Mexican Standard NMX -J-503-ANCE -2011: Lighting - Ballasts - 
Ballasts for high -intensity discharge lamps and low -pressure sodium vapour lamps - 
Specifications) . Notice of entry into force published in the Off icial Journal on 
20 May 2011. 
 NMX-J-510-ANCE -2011, Iluminación - Balastros de alta eficiencia para lámparas de 
descarga de alta intensidad, para utilización en alumbrado público - Especificaciones  
(Mexican Standard NMX -J-510-ANCE -2011: Lighting . High-efficiency ballasts for 
high-intensity discharge lamps, for use in street lighting - Specifications) . Notice of 
entry into force published in the Official Journal on 7 July 2 011. 
 NMX-J-513-ANCE -2012, Iluminación - Controladores de alta frecuencia para 
lámparas fluorescentes - Especificaciones  (Mexican Standard NMX -J-513-ANCE -
2012: Lighting - High-frequency control devices for fluorescent lamps - 
Specifications) . Notice of entry into force published in the Official Journal on 
3 July 2013. 
 NMX-J-619-ANCE -2014, Ilu minación - 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-Z-012-1-1987, Muestreo para la inspección por atributos  - Parte 1 : información 
general y aplicaciones  (Mexican Standard NMX -Z-012-1-1987: Sampling for 
inspection by attributes . Part 1: General information and application) . Notice of entry 
into force published in the Official Journal on 2 8 October 1 987. G/TBT/N/MEX/324  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will be adopted 
upon its publication in the Official Journal as a final Mexican Official Standard.  
Proposed date of entry into force : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will ent er 
into force 180 calendar days following its publication in the Official Journal as a final 
standard.  
10. Final date for comments : - 
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website address es, 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  
Email: normasomc@ economia.gob.mx  and/or sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.economia -noms.gob.mx/?P=144  
Text available online at: 
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5452594&fecha=14/09/2016  
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