G/TBT/N/PAN/ 91 
 
 
3 February 2017  
(17-0668) 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:  PANAMA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  Not 
applicable. In Panama, technical regulations are not prep ared by local government; only 
the Directorate -General for Standards and Industrial Technology, a national standardization 
organization, is so authorized.   
2. Agency responsible:   
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial  (Directorate -General for Standards 
and Industrial Technology)  
Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias  (Ministry of Trade and Industry) - responsible for 
processing notifications  
Same agency:  
Vía Ricardo J. Alfaro, Edificio Plaza Edison, 3er Piso  
Panamá, Panamá  
Tel.:  (+507) 560 -0716, 560-0600, Ext.  2389 / 2392  
Fax:  (+507) 560 -0721  
Email:   tfernandez@mici.gob.pa  / dgnti@mici.gob.pa   
Website:  http://www.mici. gob.pa  
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:   
3. Notified under Articl e 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):  
International Classification for Standards (ICS) code  23.120  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Reglamento 
Técnico DGNTI -COPANIT 101:2016, Eficiencia energética y etiquetado en acondicionadores 
de aire tipo central, paquete o dividido  (Directorate -General for Standards and Ind ustrial 
Technology - Panamanian Commission for Industrial and Technical Standards (DGNTI -
COPANIT) Technical Regulation No.  101:2016, Energy efficiency and labelling of central, 
package and split -type air -conditioners ) (12 pages, in Spanish)   
6. Descriptio n of content:  Purpose; Scope; References; Classification; Specifications; Test 
method; Labelling; Conformity assessment; Monitoring ; Penalties ; Bibliography ; Annex A; 
Annex B; and Conversion factors .    
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The notified Technical Regulation establish es the minimum energy efficiency 
levels and labelling requirements  for central, package and split -type air -conditioners  with a 
view to preventing  misleading practices . G/TBT/N/PAN/ 91 
 
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  8. Relevan t documents:  
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -011-ENER -2006, Eficiencia energética en 
acondicionadores de aire tipo central, paquete o dividido. Limites, métodos de 
prueba y etiquetado  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -011-ENER -2006: Energy 
efficiency of central, packaged and s plit-type air-conditioners. Limits, test methods 
and labelling) ; 
 Proyecto de Norma Técnica DGNTI -COPANIT 506:2016 , Eficiencia Energética en 
acondicionadores de aire tipo central, paquete o dividido. Límites y métodos de 
prueba  (Draft Technica l Standard No.  506:2016 of the Directorate -General for 
Standards and Industrial Technology and Panamanian Commission for Industrial and 
Technical Standards (DGNTI -COPANIT) : Energy efficiency of central, packaged and 
split-type air -conditioners . Limits and test methods) . 
9.  Proposed date of adoption: To be determined  
 Proposed date of entry into force: Six ( 6) months after publication in the Official 
Journal  
10. Final date for comments:  20 March 2017  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers  and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial  
Ave. Ricardo J. Alfaro y calle El Paical, Edif. Plaza Edison, 3er Piso  
Tel.: (+507) 560 -0716 
Fax: (+507)  560-0721 
Email:  dgnti@mici.gob.pa   
Website:  http://www.mici.gob.pa   
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