G/TBT/N/MEX/329  
28 October 2016  
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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 , CCONNSE 
(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  
CP. 53950, Estado de México  
Tel.: 5729 6100, Ext. 43221.  
Email: jesus.lucatero@economia.gob.mx /sofia.pacheco@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) : Portable 
machinery fitted with an internal combustion engine, intended mai nly for agricultural, 
forestry and domestic use (heading 82024001)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : PROY-NOM-204-
SCFI-2015, "Maquinaria con motor de combustión interna portátiles, generalmente de uso 
agrícola, forestal y  doméstico . Especificaciones y métodos de prueba"  (Draft Mexican 
Official Standard PROY -NOM-204-SCFI-2015: Portable machinery fitted with an internal 
combustion engine, intended mainly for agricultural, forestry and domestic use . 
Specifications and test me thods) (11 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the 
safety specifications for portable machines fitted with an internal combustion engine that 
are intended mainly for agricultural, forestry  and domestic use, which are marketed in the 
territory of the United Mexican States . It covers portable brush -cutters and grass -
trimmers, powered hand -held hedge -trimmers, portable chainsaws , and knapsack 
mistblowers, and contains specific sections for eac h type of machine (see Chapter 5 : 
"Specifications and test methods") . Each of these sections refers to the specific Mexican 
standard containing the  safety specifications and test methods relevant to the use for 
which the machine is intended.  
7. Objective  and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the relevant 
characteristics, safety specifications and test methods for portable machines fitted with an 
internal combustion  engine that are intended mainly for agricultural, forestry and domestic 
use, which are marketed in the territory of the United Mexican States . Its objective s are to 
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  accordan ce with the following principles:  
(a) Protection against hazards arising from the machine itself;  
(b) Safe operation;  
(c) Protection against hazards caused by the effects of external influences;  
(d) Information on the use and maintenance of the products, a nd marking and labelling.  
 1.2 Scope of application:  
 1.2.1 The characteristics, safety specifications and test methods referred to in 
this draft Mexican Official Standard apply to portable machines fitted with an 
internal combustion engine that are intended  mainly for agricultural, forestry 
and domestic use . They cover portable brush -cutters and grass -trimmers, 
powered hand -held hedge -trimmers, portable chainsaws and knapsack 
mistblowers.  
 The notified text is applicable to both domestically manufactured and imported 
products that are marketed in national territory.  
 1.2.2 Where no specific Mexican Official Standard on product safety exists, the 
machines covered by this draft Standard must comply with the Mexican 
standard indicated in each section ; however, whe re a specific standard does 
exist, it must be used instead.  
 1.2.3 Exceptions . The following are excluded from the scope of this draft 
Standard:  
 1.2.3.1 Machines  subject to compliance with a particular Mexican official 
safety standard.  
 1.2.3.2 Machines  that require electricity to function.  
 1.2.3.3 Separate  internal combustion engines.  
 1.2.3.4 Machines the use of which requires more than one operator or 
power supply.  
8. Relevant documents:  
  2.1 Ley Federal sobre Metrología y Normalización y sus reforma s (Federal Law on 
Metrology and Standardization and amendments thereto), published in the 
Official Journal on 1 July 1 992; 
  2.2 Reglamento de la Ley Federal sobre Metrología y Normalización y sus 
reformas  (Regulations implementing the Federal Law on Metrology an d 
Standardization and amendments thereto), published in the Official Journal on 1 4 
January 1 999; 
  2.3 Mexican Official Standard NOM -008-SCFI-2002: Sistema general de unidades 
de medida  (General system of units of measurement),  published in the Official 
Journal on 2 7 November 2 002; 
  2.4 Mexican Official Standard NOM -050-SCFI-2004: Información comercial . 
Etiquetado general de productos  (Commercial information - General product 
labelling) , published in the Official Journal on 1 June 2 004; 
  2.5 Mexican Official  Standard NOM -106-SCFI-2000: Características de diseño y 
condiciones de uso de la contraseña oficial (Design characteristics and conditions 
for use of the official countermark) (annuls Mexican Official Standard NOM -106-
SCFI-2000, published on 2 November  and 11 December 2 000), published in the 
Official Journal on 2 February 2 001; 
  2.6 Mexican Official Standard NOM -017-SCFI-1993: Información comercial - 
Etiquetado de artículos reconstruidos, usados o de segunda mano, de segunda 
línea, descontinuados y fuera d e especificaciones  (Commercial information - 
Labelling of rebuilt, 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; 
  2.7 Mexican Standar d NMX -O-226-SCFI-2015: Maquinaria agrícola y forestal - 
Ensayos para desbrozadoras y cortadoras de césped portátiles, manuales y G/TBT/N/MEX/329  
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  motorizadas - Máquinas equipadas con un motor de combustión interna  
(Agricultural and forestry machinery - Tests for portable, hand-held, powered 
brush -cutters and grass -trimmers - Machinery equipped with an internal 
combustion engine) . Notice of entry into force published in the Official Journal on 
6 August 2 015; 
  2.8 Mexican Standard NMX -O-227-SCFI-2015: Cortasetos manuales moto rizados 
- Especificaciones y medidas de uso  (Powered hand -held hedge -trimmers - 
Specifications and measures regarding use) . Notice of entry into force published 
in the Official Journal on 6 August 2 015; 
  2.9 Mexican Standard NMX -O-228-SCFI-2015: Maquinaria  forestal - Motosierras 
de cadena portátiles - Motosierras para servicio forestal  (Forestry machinery - 
Portable chainsaws - Power saws for forestry service) . Notice of entry into force 
published in the Official Journal on 6 August 2 015; 
  2.10 Mexican Stan dard NMX -O-229-SCFI-2015: Maquinaria agrícola y forestal - 
Pulverizadoras de mochila y sopladoras por flujo de aire con motor de combustión 
interna  (Agricultural and forestry machinery - Knapsack internal combustion 
engine -driven mistblowers) . Notice of en try into force published in the Official 
Journal on 6 August 2 015. 
Also, the following international standards:  
  2.11 ISO9518 :1998 : Forestry machinery - Portable chainsaws - Kickback test . 
First edition (1998);  
  2.12 ISO13772 :2009 : Forestry machinery - Portable chainsaws - Non-manually 
actuated chain break performance . First edition (2009);  
  2.13 ISO28139 :2009 : Agricultural and forestry machinery - Knapsack 
combustion -engine -driven mistblowers - Safety requirements . First edition 
(2009);  
  2.14 ISO 11681 -1:2011: Machinery for forestry - Portable chainsaw safety 
requirements and testing - Part 1 : Chainsaws for forest service . Third edition 
(2011);  
  2.15 ISO 11806 -1:2011 : Agricultural and forestry machinery - Safety 
requirements and testing for portable, hand -held, powered brush -cutters and 
grass -trimmers - Part 1 : Machines fitted with an integral combustion engine . First 
edition (2011);  
  2.16 ISO-10517:2009 : Powered hand -held hedge -trimmers - Safety . Second 
edition (2009).  
9. Proposed date of adoption : The not ified draft Mexican Official Standard will enter into 
force upon its publication in the Official Journal as a final standard.  
Proposed date of entry into force : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will enter 
into force 365 calendar days following its publication in the Official Journal as a final 
standard.  
10. Final date for comments : 26 December 2 016 
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad  
Dirección General de Normas  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5229 -6100, Ext. 43244.  
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=5458425&fecha=26/10/2016  
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