G/TBT/N/MEX/290
10 August 2015
(15-4110)  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 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 Normalización para la Preservación y Uso Racional de los 
Recursos Energéticos (CCNNPURRE) de la Comisión Nacional del Uso Eficiente del Energía 
(CONUEE) (National Advisory Committee on Standardization for the Conservation and 
Rational Use of Energy Resources, Na tional Energy Efficiency Commission)  
Av. Revolución No. 1877, Colonia Loreto 
Delegación Álvaro Obregón C.P. 01090, México, D.F. 
Email: fernando.hernandez@conuee.gob.mx  and/or gabriel.marcoida@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): Air 
conditioners (8415.10.90.00) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-026-ENER-2015, Eficiencia energética en acondicionadores de aire tipo dividido con flujo de refrigerante variable, descarga libre y sin ductos de aire . 
Límites, métodos de prueba y etiquetado  (Draft Official Mexican Standard NOM-026-ENER-
2015, Energy efficiency of split type, free fl ow, ductless air conditioners with variable 
refrigerant flow. Limits, test methods and labelling) 
6. Description of content: The notified Standard establishes the minimum seasonal energy 
efficiency ratio (SEER) for split type air conditioners with variable refrigerant flow. It also specifies the testing methods which must be used to verify compliance, and defines the 
public information labelling requirements. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Increase energy saving, ensure greater conservation of energy resources and 
protect the consumer from any products entering the domestic market which are of lower quality and which use an excessive amount of energy. 
8. Relevant documents: No additional standards are required for the correct 
implementation of this draft Official Mexican Standard. G/TBT/N/MEX/290 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 60 calendar days after publication in the Official Journal 
(Diario Oficial de la Federación ). 
Proposed date of entry into force: The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will enter 
into force after being published as a fi nal standard in the Official Journal ( Diario Oficial de 
la Federación ). More specifically, it will enter into force on the day following that on which 
the General Directorate of Standards of the Ministry of the Economy issues a notice 
confirming the existence of the infrastructure required for its implementation.  
10. Final date for comments: 60 calendar days after publication in the Official Journal. 
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 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  
Text available online at: 
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.p hp?codigo=5401957&fecha=28/07/2015 
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