G/TBT/N/MEX/311  
13 June 2016  
(16-3195)  Page: 1/3  
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 Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales  (Ministry of the 
Environment and Natural Resources) 
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 Normalización del Sector Agua  (National Advisory 
Committee on Standardization for the Water Sector) Av. Insurgentes Sur 2416 
3 piso, Col. Copilco El Bajo 
Delegación Coyoacán Ciudad de México 
Email: ccnnsa@conagua.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): Taps, 
cocks, valves and other appliances for hydraulic drinking-water installations (tariff heading 
84.81.80) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
norma oficial mexicana "PROY-NOM-012-conagua-2015, Grifería, válvulas y accesorios para instalaciones hidráulicas de agua potable"  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-
NOM-012-conagua-2015: Taps, cocks, valves and other appliances for hydraulic drinking-
water installations) (33 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified Mexican Official Standard applies to all types of 
taps, cocks, valves and other appliances for hydraulic drinking-water installations that are manufactured, remanufactured and assembled in, or imported into and marketed in, the 
United Mexican States. The following are not required to comply with this Standard: 
 Bib taps (bib cocks or bib valves with unthreaded spouts) for residential water 
systems, which must comply with Mexican Official Standard NOM-001-CONAGUA-
2011; fill and flush valves for toilets; industrial-type valves when used for water not 
intended for human consumption, and 
 electrical and electronic devices or control modules accompanying taps, cocks, 
valves and other appliances, which must be evaluated in accordance with Mexican 
Official Standards NOM-001-SCFI-1993 or NOM-003-SCFI-2014. G/TBT/N/MEX/311 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified draft Mexican Official Standard seeks to establish the technical 
requirements to be met by taps, cocks, valves and other appliances for hydraulic drinking 
water installations, with a view to ensuring th eir hydraulic and hermetic functioning and, in 
turn, the preservation of the quantity and quality of water resources, and to determine test methods for verifying the compliance of these products, labelling and public information 
requirements, and the relevant conformity assessment procedure.  
8. Relevant documents:  
 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"  (Mexican Official Standard NOM-001-SCF1-1993: 
"Electronic equipment for domestic use, with various power sources - Safety 
requirements and test methods for type approval"), published in the Mexican Official Journal on 13 October 1993. 
 NOM-003-SCFI-2014, "Productos eléctricos - Especificaciones de seguridad"  
(Mexican Official Standard NOM-003-SCFI-2014: "Electrical products - Safety specifications"), published in the Mexican Official Journal on 28 May 2015. 
 NOM-008-SCFI-2002, "Sistema General de Unidades de Medida" (Mexican Official 
Standard NOM-008-SCFI-2002: "General system of units of measurement"), published in the Mexican Official Journal on 27 November 2002. 
 NOM-001-CONAGUA-2011, "Sistemas de agua potable, toma domiciliaria y 
alcantarillado sanitario-Hermeticidad-Especificaciones y métodos de prueba" 
(Mexican Official Standard NOM-001-CONAGUA-2011: "Drinking water systems, domestic service connections and waste water systems - Watertightness - 
Specifications and testing methods"), published in the Mexican Official Journal on 17 
February 2012. 
 NMX-CC-9001-IMNC-2008, "Sistema de gestión de la calidad - Requisitos"  (Mexican 
Standard NMX-CC-9001-IMNC-2008: "Quality management system - 
Requirements"). Notice of entry into force published in the Mexican Official Journal 
on 12 December 2008. 
 NMX-EC-17050-1-IMNC-2007, "Evaluación de la conformidad - Declaración de 
conformidad del proveedor - Parte 1: Requisitos generales"  (Mexican Standard NMX-
EC-17050-1-IMNC-2007: "Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of conformity - Part 1: General requirements") (annuls Mexican Standard NMX-EC-022-
IMNC-2000). Notice of entry into force published in the Mexican Official Journal on 
14 January 2008. 
 NMX-EC-17050-2-IMNC-2007, "Evaluación de la conformidad - Declaración de 
conformidad del proveedor - Parte 2: Documentación de apoyo"  (Mexican Standard 
NMX-EC-17050-2-IMNC-2007: "Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of conformity - Part 2: Supporting documentatio n"). Notice of entry into force published 
in the Mexican Official Journal on 14 January 2008. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will be adopted 
upon its publication in the Official Journal as a final Mexican Official Standard. 
Proposed date of entry into force: The notified Mexican Offi cial Standard NOM-012-
conagua-2015 will enter into force 60 calendar days after its publication in the Official Journal. As of that date, all products covered by NOM-012-conagua-2015 must be certified 
on the basis of that Standard.  
10. Final date for comments: 60 calendar days after publication in the Official Journal. G/TBT/N/MEX/311 
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  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. 43244 
Fax: (+52) 55 5520-9715 Website: http://www.economia-noms.gob.mx/?P=144  
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
Text available online at: 
http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5440635&fecha=09/06/2016  
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