G/TBT/N/MEX/303  
12 April 2016  
(16-2018)  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 Normalización de la Secretaría de Economía , CCONNSE 
(National Advisory Committee on Standardization of the Ministry of the Economy) 
Av. Puente de Tecamachalco Núm. 6, Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco Naucalpan de Juárez, C.P. 53950, Estado de México 
Tel.: 5729 6100, Ext. 43222 
Email: rodrigo.arreguin@economia.gob.mx , liliana.samperio@economia.gob.mx  y 
arturo.villanueva@economia.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): Terminal 
equipment connected or interconnected via wireline access to a public telecommunications 
network (HS Chapter 85)  
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-196-SCFI-2015, Productos. equipos terminales que se conecten o interconecten a través de un acceso alámbrico a una red pública de telecomunicaciones  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-196-SCFI-2015 Products. 
Terminal equipment connected or interconnected via wireline access to a public 
telecommunications network) (2 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft Standard establishes the parameters for all 
terminal equipment that is connected or interconnected via wireline access to a public telecommunications network. All such equipment that is to be imported, marketed and/or 
distributed in the territory of the United Mexican States must comply with the mechanical 
and electrical specifications established in Technical Provision IFT-004-2016, or its most up-to-date equivalent, issued by the Federal Telecommunications Institute. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: This notified Standard establishes that all terminal equipment which is 
connected or interconnected via wireline access to a public telecommunications network 
and which is to be imported, marketed and/or  distributed in the territory of the United 
Mexican States, must comply with the mechanical and electrical specifications and test 
methods of the minimum required technical parameters established in Technical Provision 
IFT-004-2016: Public network interface for terminal equipment, or its most up-to-date equivalent, issued by the Federal Telecommunications Institute. 
This draft Mexican Official Standard applies to all terminal equipment that is connected or 
interconnected via wireline access to a public telecommunications network. G/TBT/N/MEX/303 
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  8. Relevant documents: Disposición Técnica IFT-004-2016 "Interfaz a redes públicas para 
equipos terminales" (Technical Provision IFT-004-2014: Public network interface for 
terminal equipment), published in the Official Journal on 21 January 2016; 
9. Proposed date of adoption: The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will enter into 
force upon its publication in the Official Journal as a final standard. 
Proposed date of entry into force: 60 calendar days after its publication in the Official 
Journal as a final standard.  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days after its notification to the WTO. 
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 52 29 61 00, Ext. 43244 
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=5432471&fecha=08/04/2016 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/MEX/16_1483_00_s.pdf