G/TBT/N/MEX/443  
18 December  2018 
(18-8004) 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 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 Rational Use of Ener gy Resources) Address : Av. Revolución No. 
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) : AC motors 
with a rated output of 1 W or more, and less than 180 W.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-033-ENER -2018, Eficiencia energética de motores de 
corriente alterna, enfriados  con aire, en potencia nominal mayor o igual que 1 W y menor 
que 180 W . Límites, método de prueba y marcado (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -
NOM-033-ENER -2018 Energy efficiency of air -cooled AC motors with a rated output of 1 
W or more, and less than 180 W . Limits, test method and marking) (17 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the 
minimum energy efficiency values, test method, marking and conformity assessment 
procedure for air -cooled AC motors with a rated voltage of up to 240 V, and a rated output 
of 1 W or more, and less than 180 W, motors with 2, 4 or 6 poles, squirrel -cage induction 
motors, and electronically commutated motors, which are manufactured, imported or 
marketed in  the territory of the United Mexican States . It establishes the relevant 
definitions, symbols, abbreviations, and specifications.  
It also establishes the conformity assessment procedure to determine the procedures to 
be followed and requirements to be met by certification bodies for products . This 
procedure applies to products that are manufactured, imported or marketed in the 
territory of the United Mexican States.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the minimum energy 
efficiency values, test method, marking and conformity assessment procedure for air -
cooled AC motors with a rated voltage of up to 240 V, and a rated output of 1 W or more, 
and less tha n 180 W, motors with 2, 4 or 6 poles, squirrel -cage induction motors, and G/TBT/N/MEX/443  
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  electronically commutated motors, which are manufactured, imported or marketed in the 
territory of the United Mexican States.  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Mexican Official Standard NOM-008-SCFI-2002, Sistema general de unidades de 
medida  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined.  
Proposed date of entry into force : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will 
enter into force 120 calendar days after its publication in the Official Journal as a final 
standard.  
10. Final date for comments : 10 February 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)  
Dirección General de Normas  (Directorate -General 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  
Text available at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5546349&fecha=12/12/2018  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/MEX/18_6441_00_s.pdf