G/TBT/N/MEX/358  
 
2 June 2017  
(17-2971) 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:   
Av. Puente de Tecama chalco No. 6  
Colonia Lomas de Tecamachalco  
Sección Fuentes  
Naucalpan de Juarez , CP. 53950  
Estado de México  
Tel.: 57 29 61 00, Ext s. 43219 and 43231  
Email : claudia.sama@economia.gob.mx  and mariana.hernandez@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):  Digital 
interfaces  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-218-SCFI-2017, Interfaz digital a redes públicas 
(interfaz digital a 2 048 KBIT /S y a 34 368 KBIT/S) (Draft Mexican Official Standard 
PROY -NOM-218-SCFI-2017: Devices with digital interfaces connected to public networks 
(digital interfaces operating at 2,048 kbit/s and 34,368 kbit/s) (3 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes that all 
radiocommunications devices with digital interfaces operating at 2,048 kbit/s and 
34,368  kbit/s, also known as E1 and E3, respectively, which are to be imported, marketed 
and/or  distributed w ithin the territo ry of the United Mexican States  must comply with the 
minimum sp ecifications, limits and test  methods set out in Technical P rovision 
IFT-005-2016 "Devices with digital interfaces connected to public networks ( digital 
interfaces operating at  2,048 kbit/s and 34,368 kbit/s) ", issued pursuant to  the Decision of 
the Plenary Meeting of the Federal Telecommunications Institute. The draft Standard seeks 
to protect communications by ensuring that equipment deployed and marketed in national 
territory  does not cause interference that is harmful to other operating equipment and 
therefore to telecommunications networks and services, thereby guaranteeing the 
interoperability of public telecommunications networks.   
7. Objective and rationale, including th e nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This draft Mexican Official Standard applies to all radiocommunications devices 
with digital interfaces connected to public telecommunications networks (digital interfaces 
operating at 2,048 kbit/s and 34,368 k bit/s).  G/TBT/N/ MEX/3 58 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Acuerdo mediante el cual el Pleno del Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones expide la 
Disposición Técnica IFT -005-2016: Interfaz digital a redes públicas (Interfaz digital a 
2 048 kbit/s y a 34 368 kbit/s)  (Decision of th e Plenary Meeting of the Federal 
Telecommunications Institute issuing Technical Provision IFT -005-2016: Devices with 
digital interfaces connected to public networks ( digital interfaces operating at 2,048 kbit/s 
and 34,368 kbit/s)), published in the Officia l Journal ( Diario Oficial de la Federación ) on 
21 January 2016 .  
Resolución mediante la cual la Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones expide los 
procedimientos de evaluación de la conformidad de productos sujetos al cumplimiento de 
normas oficiales mexica nas de la competencia de la Secretaría de Comunicaciones y 
Transportes a través de la Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones  (Resolution of the 
Federal Telecommunications Commission establishing the conformity assessment 
procedures for products subject to compliance with Mexican Official Standards that fall 
within the remit of the Ministry of Communications and Transport acting through the 
Federal Telecommunications Commission), published in the Official Journal on 
11 August  2005.  
9. Proposed date of adopt ion: The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will be adopt ed 
following its publication as a final standard in the Official Journal.  
Proposed date of entry into force: The notified Mexican Official Standard will enter into 
force 60 calendar days follow ing its publication in the Official Journal . As of that date, all 
products covered by the Standard must be certified on the basis thereof.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 calendar days after publication in the Official Journal  
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 5729 9100, 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 at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5485025&fecha=01/06/2017  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/MEX/17_2559_00_s.pdf