G/TBT/N/MEX/287
16 March 2015
(15-1483)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy) 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 Normalizac ión de Seguridad al Usuario, Información 
Comercial y Prácticas de Comercio  (National Advisory Committee on Standardization for 
User Safety, Commercial Inform ation and Trade Practices) 
Av. Puente de Tecamachalco Núm. 6, Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco 
Sección Fuentes, Naucalpan de Juárez, CP. 53950 
Estado de México Tel.: 57 29 91 00, Ext. 43222 
O bien, a los correos electrónicos rodrigo.arreguin@economia.gob.mx;  
liliana.samperio@economia.gob.mx ; y/o salvador.franco@economia.gob.mx   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2. 10.1 [X], 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): Terminal 
equipment connected or interconnected via wireline access to a public telecommunications network (Heading 84.71; ICS 33.040) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: NOM-EM-015-
SCFI-2015, Productos. Equipos terminales que se conecten o interconecten a través de un 
acceso alámbrico a una red pública de telecomunicaciones  (Emergency Mexican Official 
Standard NOM-EM-015-SCFI-2015, Products. Terminal equipment connected or interconnected via wireline access to a public telecommunications network (4 pages, in 
Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified Standard addresses the specifications, test methods 
and conformity assessment procedures that mu st be satisfied by any terminal equipment 
connected or interconnected via wireline access to a public telecommunications network. All such equipment that is to be imported, ma rketed and/or distributed within the territory 
of the United Mexican States must comply with  the mechanical and electrical requirements 
established in Technical Provision IFT-004-2014, Public Network Interface for Terminal Equipment, issued by the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) and published in the 
Official Journal ( Diario Oficial de la Federación ) on 7 January 2015.  G/TBT/N/MEX/287 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: This notified Standard establishes the emergency technical regulations which 
stipulate that any terminal equipment which is connected or interconnected via wireline 
access to a public telecommunications network and which is to be imported, traded and/or distributed within the territory of the United Mexican States must comply with the electrical and mechanical requirements and testing me thods of the minimum required technical 
parameters laid down in Technical Provision IFT-004-2014 issued by the Federal 
Telecommunications Institute and published in the Official Journal on 7 January 2015. 
Standard NOM-EM-015-SCFI-2015 is issued as a matter of urgency due to the expiry, 
under Article 51 of the Federal Law on Metrology and Standardization (LFMN), of Standard 
NOM-151-SCT1-1999 on 19 January 2015. Standard NOM-151-SCT1-1999 lost effect as it was not legally admissible to revise it in terms of the LFMN itself or to notify such a 
revision to the Technical Secretariat of the National Standardization Commission. 
Given that Mexico has no technical regualations establishing the characteristics and/or 
specifications of the products covered by the notified Standard, product deficiencies 
relating to impedance limits; spurious out-of-band output signals; signalling; power input 
to the line; protection against transient overvo ltage, and earthing pose a potential risk for 
human health and safety. 
For this reason, it is imperative that the Ministry of the Economy immediately issue this 
emergency provision concerning the importation, marketing and distribution of equipment 
that is connected to telecommunication networks, the technical specifications of which are contained in Technical Provision IFT-004-2014: Public network interface for terminal 
equipment, issued by the Institute and publis hed in the Official Journal on 7 January 2015. 
8. Relevant documents: Disposición Técnica IFT-004-2014 : Interfaz a redes públicas para 
equipos terminales  (Technical provision IFT-004-2014, Public network interface for 
terminal equipment), published in the Official Journal on 7 January 2015. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: This Standard shall enter into force on the day following its 
publication in the Official Journal and shall rema in in force for a period of six months from 
the day of its entry into force, with one possible extension of six months only, in 
accordance with Article 48 of the Federal Law on Metrology and Standardization (LFMN). 
 Proposed date of entry into force: This Standard shall enter into force on the day 
following its publication in the Official Journal and shall remain in force for a period of six 
months from the day of its entry into force, with one possible extension of six months only, in accordance with Article 48 of the LFMN.  
10. Final date for comments: - 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy) 
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad  (Undersecretariat of Competitiveness and 
Standardization) Dirección General de Normas  (General Directorate of Standards) 
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43217 
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715 Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  y/o sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
Also available at: 
http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5384786&fecha=10/03/2015 
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