G/TBT/N/MEX/327  
3 October  2016 
(16-5246) 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 Medio Ambiente y Recurs os Naturales  (Ministry of the 
Environment and Natural Resources)  
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 indi cated if different from above:  
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización del Sector Agua  (National Advisory 
Committee on Standardization for the Water Sector)  
Av. Insurgentes Sur 2416  
3 piso, Col . Copilco El Bajo  
Delegación Coyoacán, Ciudad de México  
Email: ccnnsa@conagua.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 p rovided in addition, where applicable) : Sanitary 
fixtures and accessories (heading 69.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : PROY-NOM-002-
CONAGUA -2015 "Aparatos y accesorios de uso sanitario"  (Draft Mexican Official Standa rd 
PROY -NOM-002-CONAGUA -2015: Sanitary fixtures and accessories) (101 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Mexican Official Standard applies to water closet 
pans, urinals, wash basins, fill and flush valves, seals, and flow meters, which are 
manufactured in or imported into, and marketed in, the United Mexican States.  
The following items are excluded from the scope of the Standard:  
 Covers, seats and parts that do not affect the hydraulic operation of water closet 
pans and urinals.  
 Latrines, water closet pans for land and marine vehicles, and training toilets that do 
not use water.  
 Bidets  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified text establishes the minimum specifications to be  met by sanitary 
fixtures and their respective accessories, with a view to ensuring their hydraulic operation 
and watertightness, and the efficient use of water.  
It also establishes the test methods to be used to verify compliance, the conformity 
assessmen t procedure, and the relevant labelling and public information requirements.  G/TBT/N/MEX/327  
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  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), published  in the Mexican Official Journal on 2 7 November 2 002. 
9. Proposed date of adoption : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will be adopted 
upon its publication in the Official Journal as a final Mexican Official Standard.  
Proposed date of entry into  force : The notified Mexican Official Standard will enter into 
force 60 calendar days after its publication in the Official Journal . As of that date, all 
products covered by the Standard must be certified on the basis thereof.  
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 addresses, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  
Subsecretaría de C ompetitividad y Normatividad  
Dirección General de Normas  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, 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.php?codigo=5453757&fecha=26/09/2016  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/MEX/16_4092_00_s.pdf