G/TBT/N/MEX/263  
27 May 2013  
(13-2767)  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 telephone and fax numbers and e-mail and 
website addresses, if availa ble) of agency or author ity 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 (National Advisory Committee on Standardization for the 
Conservation and Rational Use of Energy Resources); Río Lerma 302, 5o. piso, Colonia Cuauhtémoc, Delegación Cuauhtémoc, 06500, Mexico, 
D.F.; E-mail: fernando.hernandez@conuee.gob.mx  and 
leonel.diaz@conuee.gob.mx</pt104></pt103><pt107>; 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 addition, where applicable): Electronic 
equipment and appliances (International Classification for Standards (ICS) codes 97.030 
and 17.220.20) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-032-ENER-2013, Límites máximos de potencia eléctrica para equipos y aparatos que demandan energía en espera. Métodos de prueba y etiquetado  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-032-ENER-2013: Maximum 
electrical power limits for equipment and appliances requiring standby power. Test 
methods and labelling) (19 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content: The notified draft Standard sets out the maximum electrical 
power limits for equipment and appliances requiring standby power. It also establishes the information to be included on the energy-efficiency labels required on products 
marketed in Mexico and responds to the need for such products to be conducive to 
energy efficiency and energy saving. 
The draft Standard applies to the following electronic appliances and equipment with 
single-phase supply voltages of 100 to 277 volts AC and 50 or 60 Hertz which are 
manufactured or imported in order to be marketed in Mexico: digital television adaptors; set-top boxes for the reception of television signals via cable, satellite or internet 
protocol; image-reproduction equipment such as printers, scanners, photocopiers and 
multifunctional devices; microwave ovens; stand-alone, separable or non-separable sound-reproduction equipment with one or more audio functions; video-reproduction or home cinema equipment with a DVD (digital versatile disc) or HD-DVD (high-density 
digital versatile disc) function; and televisions with LED (light-emitting diode), LCD 
(liquid-crystal display), PDP (plasma display panel) or OLED (organic light-emitting diode) screens.  G/TBT/N/MEX/263 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Energy-efficiency and energy-saving specifications  
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-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). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Not applicable 
180 days after the publication of the 
final Mexican Official Standard in the 
Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments: 22 July 2013 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail 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. 43217 Fax: (+52) 55 5520-9715 
Website: 
http://www.economia.gob.mx/comuni dad-negocios/c ompetitividad-
normatividad/normalizacion/catalogo-mexicano-de-normas 
 
E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or jesus.figueroa@economia.gob.mx  
 
Text available online at: 
 
http://www.dof.gob.mx/index.p hp?year=2013&month=05&day=22 
and 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/tbt/MEX/13_1977_00_s.pdf