G/TBT/N/PAN/88  
11 January 2017  
(17-0187) 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 : PANAMA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnolo gía Industrial (Directorate -General for Standards 
and Industrial Technology)  
Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias (Ministry of Trade and Industry)  
Ave. Ricardo J. A lfaro y calle El Paical  
Edificio Plaza Edison, 3er Piso  
Panamá, Panamá  
Tel.: (+507) 560 -0716/ 560-0600, Ext.2389/2392  
Fax: (+507) 560 -0721 
Email: mortega@mici.gob.pa /dgnti@mici.gob.pa  
Website: http://www.mici.gob.pa/  
Name and add ress (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:  
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) : 23.120  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Reglamento Técnico DGNTI -COPANIT 102 -2016, Eficiencia energética y etiquetado en 
acondicionadores de aire tipo cuarto  (Draft Technical Regulation DGNTI -
COPANIT  102-2016: Energy efficiency and labelling of room air -conditioners) (13 pages, in 
Spanish) 
6. Description of content : The notified Technical Regulation seeks to establish the 
minimum energy efficiency level for room air -conditioners, and the relevant public 
information labelling requirements.  
It covers the following : Purpose ; scope; references ; specifications ; test methods ; labelling 
and commercial information ; conformity assessment ; monitoring ; and penalties . It 
includes a bibliography and has two annexes, A and B.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where  
applicable : Prevention of misleading practices.  
8. Relevant documents : Mexican Official Standard NOM -021-ENER/SCFI -2008, Eficiencia 
energética y requisitos de seguridad al usuario en acondicionadores de aire tipo cuarto . 
Límites, métodos de prueba y etiq uetado  (Energy efficiency of and user safety 
requirements for room air -conditioners . Limits, test methods and labelling)  G/TBT/N/PAN/88  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined.  
Proposed date of entry into force : 18 months after publication in the Official Journal . 
10. Final date for comments : 26 February 2 017 
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial  
Ave. Ricardo J. A lfaro y Calle El Paical  
Edificio Plaza Edison, 3er Piso, Panamá, Panamá  
Tel.: (+507) 560 -0716 
Fax: (+507) 560 -0721 
Email: dgnti@mici.gob.pa  
Website: http://www.mi ci.gob.pa/  
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