G/TBT/N/MEX/396  
12 March  2018 
(18-1484) 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) : N/A 
2. Agency responsible : Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos 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 indicated if different from above:  
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización del Sector Agua  (National Advisory 
Committee on Standardization for the Water Sector) , Av. Insurgente s Sur 2416, 3 piso, 
Col. Copilco El Bajo, Delegación Coyoacán, de la 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 provided in addition, where applicable) : Showers 
used for personal hygiene, and their respective accessories, including those known as 
"ecological showers"  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : PROYECTO de 
Modificación a la Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-008-CONAGUA -2017, Regaderas 
empleadas en el aseo corporal. - Especificaciones y métodos de prueba  (Draft amendment 
to Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-008-CONAGUA -2017, Showers used for personal 
hygiene - Specifications and test methods) (26 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified text applies to all types of new and remanufactu red 
showers for personal hygiene, which are manufactured, assembled, imported or marketed 
in the United Mexican States.  
It does not take into account the performance of electric showers with regard to the 
heating of water . However, such showers must also c omply with the specifications of this 
Standard.  
It does not apply to portable showers with water containers of 20 litres or less, or 
industrial or emergency showers.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified text establishes the specifications to be met by showers used for 
personal hygiene, and their respective accessories, including those known as "ecological 
showers", with the aim of an excellent hydraulic and hermetic functioning and durability,  
and the efficient use of water, and to determine test methods for verifying the compliance 
of these products, and the relevant conformity assessment procedure.  G/TBT/N/MEX/396  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 NOM-008-SCFI-2002, Sistema general de unidades de medida  (Mexican Offi cial 
Standard NOM -008-SCFI-2002: General system of units of measurement), 
published in the Official Journal on 2 5 June 2 001. 
 NMX-CC-9001-IMNC -2015, Sistemas de Gestión de la calidad -requisitos  (Mexican 
Standard NMX -CC-9001-IMNC -2015: Q uality management systems - 
Requirements) . Notice of entry into force published in the Official Journal on 
3 May 2016.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : 60 calendar days after publication in the Official 
Journal  
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  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad (Under -Secretariat of Competitiveness 
and Standardization)  
Dirección General de Normas  (General Directorate of Standards)  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43244  
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715  
Website :  
http://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad -negocios/normalizacion/catalogo -mexicano -de-
normas   
Email:  
normasomc@economia.gob.mx /sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx /jose.ramosr@economia.
gob.mx  
Text available at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5514809&fecha=01/03/2018  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/MEX/18_1281_00_s.pdf