G/TBT/N/MEX/372  
26 September  2017 
(17-5083) 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) : n/a 
2. Agency responsible : Secretaría de Energía  (Ministry of Energy)  
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:  
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 Rationa l Use of Energy Resources) ubicado en Av . Revolución Núm. 
1877, Colonia Loreto, Delegación Álvaro Obregón, Ciudad de México, C.P. 01090 Email: 
ybo.pulido@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) : Household 
refrigerators and freezers. 84.18.21.10  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-015-ENER -2017, Eficiencia energética de 
refrigeradores y congeladores electrodomésticos . Límites, métodos de prueba y etiquetado  
(Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-015-ENER -2017, Energy efficiency of 
household refrigerators and freezers . Limits, test methods and labelling) (61 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the 
maximum energy consumption levels for household refrigerators, fridge -freezers and 
freezers . It applies to household refrigerators  and fridge -freezers of up t o 1,104  L, and 
household freezers of up to 850 L using hermetic motor -driven compressors, which are 
marketed in Mexico.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Establish the maximum energy consumption levels f or refrigerators and 
freezers for household use, which use hermetic motor -driven compressors, establish the 
test methods to determine such energy consumption, calculate the total refrigerated 
volume, and specify the energy consumption labelling and its con tent. 
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)  G/TBT/N/MEX/372  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : Will enter into force on the day following its publication in 
the Official Journal  (Diario Oficial de la Federación ), 9 August 2 017. 
Proposed date of entry into force : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will enter 
into force in a phased manner, following its publication in the Official Journa l as a definitive 
standard, in accordance with the phases stipulated in Chapter 4 - Implementing phases:  
- Phase 1, will enter into force 360 calendar days after publication in the Official 
Journal;  
- Phase 2, will enter into force 720 days after publicati on in the Official Journal;  
- Phase 3, will enter into force 1,080 days after publication in the Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments : Interested Member States should submit their comments 
within 60 calendar days after its 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 Gene ral de Normas  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43217  
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  
jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
Text available online at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5497682&fecha=19/09/2017  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/MEX/17_4255_00_s.pdf