G/TBT/N/MEX/428  
2 August  2018 
(18-4919) 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 government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible : Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the 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 Nacional 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 Juárez, C.P. 53950, Estado de México Tel. : 52 29 61 00,  
Ext. 43227 and 43245, Fax : 55 20 97 15 or Email: dgn.jorge@economia.gob.mx  and 
emeterio.mosso@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) : 
Non-automatic weighing instruments - National tariff heading : 8423 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-010-SCFI-2017 Instrumentos de medición -
Instrumentos para pesar de funcionamiento no automático -Requisitos técnicos y 
metrológicos, métodos de prueba y de verificación  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -
NOM-010-SCFI-2017, Measuring instruments - Non-automatic weighing  instruments - 
Technical and metrological requirements, test and verification methods) (cancels draft 
Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-010-SCFI-2014 and will cancel Mexican Official 
Standard NOM -010-SCFI-1994) (212 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard specifies the 
metrological and technical requirements applicable to all non -automatic weighing 
instruments, and to modules that are assessed separately . It also establishes the 
requirements and test pro cedures to assess metrological and technical characteristics in a 
uniform and traceable manner.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard specifies the metrological a nd 
technical requirements applicable to all non -automatic weighing instruments, and to 
modules that are assessed separately . It sets forth requirements and testing procedures 
for evaluating the metrological and technical characteristics in a uniform and tr aceable 
manner.  G/TBT/N/MEX/428  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM-001-SCFI-1993, Aparatos electrónicos de uso 
doméstico alimentados por diferentes fuentes de energía eléctrica -Requisitos de 
Seguridad y Métodos de prueba para la aprobación de tipo , published in the Official 
Journal on 1 3 October 1 993; 
 Mexican Official Standard NOM-008-SCFI-2002, Sistema General de Unidades de 
Medida , published in the Official Journal on 2 7 November 2 002; 
 Mexican Official Standard NOM-038-SCFI-2000, Pesas de clases de  exactitud E1, 
E2, F1, F2, M1, M2 y M3  (This Standard cancels draft Mexican Official Standard 
PROY -NOM-039-SCFI-1994), published in the Official Journal of 2 6 February 2 001; 
 Mexican Standard NMX-J-610/4 -3-ANCE -2015 Compatibilidad electromagnética 
(EMC) -Parte 4-3: Técnicas de prueba y medición -pruebas de inmunidad a campos 
electromagnéticos radiados por señales de radiofrecuencia  (cancels Mexican 
Standard NMX -J-550/4 -3-ANCE -2008; Standard referred to in Mexican Official 
Standard NOM -003-SCFI-2014) . Notice of  entry into force published in the Official 
Journal on 2 4 May 2 016; 
 Mexican Standard NMX-J-579/4 -6-ANCE -2006 Técnicas de prueba y medición -
Parte 4 -6: Pruebas de inmunidad de equipo eléctrico y electrónico a las radio 
perturbaciones conducidas e inducidas . Notice of entry into force published in the 
Official Journal on 4 January 2 007; 
 Mexican Standard NMX-Z-055-IMNC -2009 Vocabulario Internacional de Metrología -
Conceptos fundamentales y generales, y términos asociados  (VIM) . Notice of entry 
into force publish ed in the Official Journal on 2 4 December 2 009; 
 Mexican Standard NMX-Z-012/2 -1987, "Muestreo para la inspección por atributos - 
Parte 2 : Métodos de muestreo, tablas y gráficas" . Notice of entry into force 
published in the Official Journal on 2 8 October 1 987; 
 Mexican Standard NMX-J-610/4 -2-ANCE -2012, Compatibilidad electromagnética 
(EMC) -Parte 4 -2: Técnicas de prueba y medición -Pruebas de inmunidad a 
descargas electrostáticas . Notice of entry into force published in the Official Journal 
on 21 June 2 012. 
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined.  
Proposed date of entry into force : The notified Mexican Official Standard will enter into 
force 480 calendar days after its publication in the Official Journal as a final standard.  
10. Final date for comments : 30 September 2 018 
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  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y  Normatividad (Under -Secretariat for Competitiveness 
and Standardization)  
Dirección General de Normas  (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43244  
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715  
Website: http://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad -negocios/normalizacion/catalogo -
mexicano -de-normas  
Email: 
normasomc@economia.gob.mx /sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx /jose.ramosr@economia.
gob.mx  
Text available at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5533602&fecha=01/08/2018  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5533604&fecha=01/08/2018  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/MEX/18_4159_00_s.pdf  
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