G/TBT/N/MEX/277  
29 July 2014  
(14-4360)  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 Economía  (Ministry of the Economy) 
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 Normalizac ión de Seguridad al Usuario, Información 
Comercial  y Prácticas de Comercio  (National Advisory Committee on Standardization for 
User Safety, Commercial Informat ion and Trade Practices) and Comité Consultivo Nacional 
de Normalización para la Preservación y Uso Racional de los Recursos Energéticos  
(National Advisory Committee on Standardization for the Conservation and Rational Use of 
Energy Resources)  
Av. Revolución No. 1877 
Colonia Loreto Delegación Alvaro Obregón C.P. 01090, México, D.F. 
Email: fernando.hernandez@conuee.gob.mx  and/or gabriel.marcoida@conuee.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.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 additi on, where applicable): Energy 
efficiency (ICS 27) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-022-ENER/SCFI-2013, Eficiencia energética y requisitos de 
seguridad al usuario para aparatos de refrigeración comercial autocontenidos. Límites, 
métodos de prueba y etiquetado  (Draft Mexican Official Standard NOM-022-ENER/SCFI-
2013: Energy efficiency of and user safety requirements for self-contained commercial 
refrigeration appliances. Limits, test methods and labelling) (59 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the 
maximum electricity consumption levels per litre of usable refrigerated volume and the test 
method for verifying compliance therewith; user safety requirements and the test methods for determining compliance therewith; and labelling and marking requirements, for all self-
contained commercial refrigeration appliances that fall within its scope. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer protection. G/TBT/N/MEX/277 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 G/TBT/N/MEX/135; 
 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 Official Journal on 27 November 2002; 
 NOM-024-SCFI-1998, Información comercial para empaques, instructivos y 
garantías de los productos electrónicos, eléctricos y electrodomésticos  (Mexican 
Official Standard NOM-024-SCFI-1998: Commercial information to be displayed on the packaging of and included in the inst ructions and guarantees for electronic, 
electrical and home electrical appliances),  published in the Official Journal on 15 
January 1999; 
 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), published in the Official Journal on 2 February 2001; 
 IEC 60335-1 Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety- Part 1: General 
requirements, fifth edition (May 2010). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: Not applicable 
Proposed date of entry into force: 90 calendar days after the publication of the final 
Mexican Official Standard in the Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments: 2 June 2014 
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 5229 6100, Ext. 43217 
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715 
Website: http://www.economia.gob.mx/comuni dad-negocios/c ompetitividad-
normatividad/normalizacion/catalogo-mexicano-de-normas  
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or jesus.figueroa@economia.gob.mx  
Text available online at: http://dof.gob.mx/index.php?year=2014&month=04&day=03  
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