G/TBT/N/MEX/310  
4 May 2016  
(16-2505)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible: Secretaría de Energía  (Ministry of Energy) 
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 para la Preservación y Uso Racional de los 
Recursos Energéticos, CCNNPURRE  (National Advisory Committee on Standardization for 
the Conservation and Rational Use of Energy Resources) Av. Revolución No. 1877 
Colonia Loreto, Delegación Álvaro Obregón 
Ciudad de México, C.P. 01090 Email: ypulido@conuee.gob.mx  and norma.morales@conuee.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): Three-
phase squirrel-cage AC induction motors (tariff heading: 8501.40) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
norma oficial mexicana PROY-NOM-016-ENER-2016, eficiencia energética de motores de 
corriente alterna, trifásicos, de inducción, tipo jaula de ardilla, en potencia nominal de 0,746 kw a 373 kw. límites, método de prueba y marcado  (Draft Mexican Official Standard 
PROY-NOM-016-ENER-2016: Energy efficiency of three-phase squirrel-cage AC induction 
motors with a rated output of 0.746 kW to 373 kW. Limits, test method and marking) 
(42 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft Standard is binding and seeks to establish the 
conditions and specifications to ensure the en ergy efficiency of three-phase squirrel-cage 
AC induction motors with a rated output of 0.746 kW to 373 kW. 
It applies to electric continuous duty, air-cooled, horizontally or vertically mounted, single 
rotational frequency (rotational speed of the motor shaft or axis), open- or closed-loop, three-phase squirrel-cage AC induction motors with a rated output of 0.746 kW to 373 kW 
and a rated voltage of up to 600 V, whic h are marketed in national territory. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the rated efficiency 
values and the test method for assessing these values, the approval criteria and specifications for marking the minimum information on the plates of open- or closed-loop 
three-phase squirrel-cage AC induction motors with a rated output of 0.746 kW to 373 kW, 
which are marketed in the United Mexican States. It also contributes to the promotion of energy saving and the preservation of the nation's non-renewable natural resources. G/TBT/N/MEX/310 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 NOM-008-SCFI-2002, Sistema General de Unidades de Medida (Mexican Official 
Standard NOM-008-SCFI-2002: General system of units of measurement) 
 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) 
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 draft Mexican O fficial Standard will enter 
into force 60 calendar days after its publication in the Official Journal. As of that date, all three-phase squirrel-cage AC induction motors with a rated output of 0.746 kW to 373 kW 
covered by PROY-NOM-016-ENER-2016 must be certified on the basis of this Standard.  
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 addresse s, 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 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://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.p hp?codigo=5435667&fecha=02/05/2016  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/MEX/16_1798_00_s.pdf