G/TBT/N/MEX/271  
5 March 2014  
(14-1331)  Page: 1/4  
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 telephone and fax numbers and email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be in dicated 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 Information and Trade Practices), Avenida Puente de Tecamachalco número 6, Colonia Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes, Naucalpan 
de Juárez, Código postal 53950, Estado de México; Tel.: (+52) 55 5229-6100, Ext. 
43222; Fax: (+52) 55 5520-9715; Email: rodrigo.arreguin@economia.gob.mx , 
liliana.samperio@economia.gob.mx  and/or salvador.franco@economia.gob.mx ; Website: 
http://www.economia.gob.mx/comuni dad-negocios/com petitividad- 
normatividad/normalizacion  
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): Electrical 
products (ICS 03.120.20 and 29.020) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-003-SCFI-2013, Productos eléctricos - Especificaciones de seguridad  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-003-SCFI-
2013: Electrical products - Safety requirements) (63 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified Standard establishes the characteristics of and 
safety requirements for electrical products that are imported into or marketed in the territory of the United Mexican States. It s eeks to ensure consumer safety and protect 
property by preventing any unacceptable risk of harm. The text establishes characteristics 
pertaining to the use of electrical products, with a view to preventing any possible misuse 
and ensuring that their installation, maintena nce and usage correspond to the purpose for 
which they are intended, in accordance with the following principles: 
(a) Protection against hazards arising from the electrical product itself; 
(b) Protection against hazards caused by  the effects of external influences; 
(c) Safe operation; 
(d) Information on the use and maintenance of electrical products, and marking and 
labelling. 
Chapter 5 sets out general requirements in rela tion to the safety principles indicated in 
points (a), (b), (c) and (d) of section 1. G/TBT/N/MEX/271 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer protection. G/TBT/N/MEX/271 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
- NOM-064-SCFI-2000 Productos eléctricos - Luminarios para uso en interiores y 
exteriores - Especificaciones de seguridad y métodos de prueba  (Mexican Official 
Standard NOM-064-SCFI-2000: Electrical appliances. Lamps for indoor and outdoor use. Safety specifications and test methods); 
- NOM-106-SCFI-2000 Características de diseño y condiciones de uso de la 
contraseña oficial  (Mexican Official Standard NOM-106-SCFI-2000: Design characteristics 
and conditions for use of the official countermark); 
- NMX-J-038/1-ANCE-2005 Equipos de soldadura eléctrica por arco - Parte 1: 
Fuentes de poder para soldadura  (Mexican Standard NMX-J-038/1-ANCE-2005: Arc 
welding equipment - Part 1: Welding power sources); 
- NMX-J-175/1-ANCE-2005 Juguetes eléctricos - Seguridad  (Mexican Standard NMX-
J-175/1-ANCE-2005: Electric toys. Safety); 
- NMX-J-307-ANCE-2011 Luminarios de uso general para interiores y exteriores  
(Mexican Standard NMX-J-307-ANCE-2011: Indoor and outdoor luminaires for general 
use), sections 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.1.4, 5.1.5, 5.1.6, 5.1.7, 5.1.9, 5.1.10, 5.1.12, 5.2.1, 
5.2.4, 5.2.7, 5.2.9, 5.3.1, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 7.1.4, 7.1.5, 7.1.6.3, 7.1.7, 7.1.9, 7.1.10, 
7.1.12, 7.2.1, 7.2.4, 7.2.7, 7.2.9, 7.3.1 and 8; 
- NMX-J-508-ANCE-2010 Artefactos eléctricos - Requisitos de seguridad - 
Especificaciones y métodos de prueba  (Mexican Standard NMX-J-508-ANCE-2010: Wiring 
devices. Safety requirements. Specifications and test methods); 
- 
 NMX-J-515-ANCE-2008 Equipos de control y distribución - Requisitos generales de 
 seguridad - Especificaciones y métodos de prueba  (Mexican Standard NMX-J-515-
ANCE-2008: Distribution and control equi pment. General safety requirements. 
Specifications and test methods); 
- NMX-J-521/1-ANCE-2012 Aparatos electrodomésticos y similares - Seguridad - 
Parte 1: Requisitos generales  (Mexican Standard NMX-J-521/1-ANCE-2012: Household 
and similar electrical appliances. Safety. Part 1: General requirements); 
- NMX-J-524/1-ANCE-2005 Herramientas eléctricas portátiles operadas por motor - 
Seguridad - Parte 1: Requisitos generales  (Mexican Standard NMX-J-524/1-ANCE-2005: 
Hand-held motor operated tools. Safety. Part 1: General requirements); 
- NMX-J-588-ANCE-2012 Productos decorativos de temporada - Series de luces, 
adornos navideños y figuras decorativas de temporada de uso doméstico - Requisitos de 
seguridad (Mexican Standard NMX-J-588-ANCE-2012: Seasonal decorative products. 
String lights, Christmas decorations and seasonal decorative items for domestic use. Safety requirements); 
- NMX-J-618/1-ANCE-2010 Evaluación de la seguridad en módulos fotovoltaicos (FV) 
- Parte 1: Requisitos generales para construcción  (Mexican Standard NMX-J-618/1-ANCE-
2010: Photovoltaic (PV) module safety assessment. Part 1: General construction 
requirements); 
- IEC GUIDE 104 ed. 4.0: The preparation of safety publications and the use of basic 
safety publications and group safety publications; 
- ISO/IEC Guide 67: Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product certification; 
- NMX-EC-067-IMNC-2007 Evaluación de la conformidad - Elementos fundamentales 
de la certificación de productos  (Mexican Standard NMX-EC-067-IMNC-2007: Conformity 
assessment. Fundamental elements of product certification); 
- G/TBT/Notif.00/105. 
The current specific Mexican product standards described in Appendices I, J, K, L, M, N, Ñ 
and O, which constitute provisions applicable for the purposes of safety, or those 
substituting them.  G/TBT/N/MEX/271 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Not applicable. 
180 calendar days after the publication 
of the final Mexican Official Standard in 
the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments: 28 March 2014 
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 
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad 
Dirección General de Normas 
Tel.: (+52) 55 5229-6100, Ext. 43217 Fax: (+52) 55 5520-9715 
Website: 
http://www.economia.gob.mx/comuni dad-negocios/c ompetitividad-
normatividad/normalizacion/catalogo-mexicano-de-normas 
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or jesus.figueroa@economia.gob.mx  
Text available online at: 
http://www.dof.gob.mx/index.p hp?year=2014&month=01&day=28 
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