G/TBT/N/MEX/411  
7 June 2018 
(18-3490) 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:  
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de la Secretaría de Economía  (National 
Advisory Committee on Standardization of the Ministry of the Economy), Av . Puente de 
Tecamachalco No. 6, Col . Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes, Naucalpan de Juárez, 
C.P. 53950, Estado de México, Tel. : 52 29 61 00, Ext. : 43219 and 43231, Email: 
claudia.sama@economia.gob.mx , dgn.ivan@economia.gob.mx  and 
consultapublica@economia.gob.mx  Technically substantiated comments may be submitted 
in writing, in electronic form and in Spanish.  
3. Notifie d 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) : Electric 
traction lifts for passengers and freight  842810  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the no tified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-053-SCFI-2017, Elevadores eléctricos de tracción para 
pasajeros y carga -especificaciones de seguridad y métodos de prueba para equipos nuevos  
(Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-053-SCFI-2017, Electric traction lifts for 
passengers and freight - Specifications and test methods for new equipment) (Cancels 
Mexican Official Standard NOM -053-SCFI-2000) (31 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard does not apply to 
lifts known as cargo, radial, hydraulic, paternoster, rack and pinion, screw -drive, mining 
and theatre lifts, appliances with automatic chocks, bucket elevators and material hoists 
for civil engineering or building works, bucket elev ators and material hoists for civil 
engineering or building works, lifts installed in ships, floating platforms for offshore 
exploitation or drilling ,.or assembly and servicing lifting equipment . Nevertheless, this 
draft Standard could serve as a basis for  those purposes.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the minimum safety 
specifications to be met by electric traction lifts for passengers and freig ht which are 
installed within the territory of the United Mexican States . It also establishes the test 
methods to be applied in order to check such specifications.  G/TBT/N/MEX/411  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 NOM-001-SEDE -2012, Instalaciones eléctricas (utilización)  (Mexican Official 
Standard NOM -001-SEDE -2012: Electrical installations (use)), published in the 
Official Journal on 2 9 November 2 012; 
 NMX-B-073-1984, Elevadores de pasajeros y de carga -Rieles guía  (Mexican 
Standard NMX -B-073-1984, Lifts for passengers and freight - Guide rails) . Notice 
of entry into force published in the Mexican Official Journal on 3 December 1 984; 
 NMX-H-084-1983, Productos siderúrgicos -Torones y cables de acero  (Mexican 
Standard NMX -H-084-1983, Iron and stee l products - Wire strand, ropes and 
cables of steel) . Notice of entry into force published in the Mexican Official Journal 
on 17 August 1 983; 
 NMX-J-098-ANCE -2014 Sistemas eléctricos -Tensiones eléctricas normalizadas  
(Mexican Standard NMX -J-098-ANCE -2014: Electrical systems - Standardized 
electrical voltages) . Notice of entry into force published in the Official Journal on 1 6 
June 2 015; 
 NMX-Z-12/2-1987, "Muestreo para la inspección por atributos - Parte 2 : Métodos 
de muestreo, tablas y gráficas" (Mexican Standard NMX -Z-012/2 -1987: "Sampling 
for inspection by attributes - Part 2 : Sampling procedures, tables and graphs") . 
Notice of entry into force published in the Mexican Official Journal on 2 8 October 
1987. 
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will enter 
into force 60 calendar days after its publication in the Official Journal as a final standard.  
10. Final date for comments : 27 July 2 019 
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  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad  (Under -Secretariat of Competitiven ess 
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.gob.mx/comunidad -negocios/normalizacion/catalogo -
mexicano -de-normas  
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  / sofia.pacheco@ economia.gob.mx  / 
jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
Available at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5524236&fecha=28/05/2018  
 
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