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G/TBT/N/MEX/230 
30 May 2012 
 (12-2823) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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 Energía  (Ministry of Energy) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail 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 Normalizaci ón para la Preservación y Uso Racional de los 
Recursos Energéticos  (National Advisory Committee on Standardization for the 
Conservation and Rational Use of Energy Resources) Río Lerma 302, 5o. piso Colonia Cuauhtémoc, Delegación Cuauhtémoc 06500, México, D.F. 
E-mail: fernando.hernandez@conuee.gob.mx  and rafael.reygadas@conuee.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.energia.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):   Light-emitting diode 
(LED) luminaires (International Classifica tion for Standards (ICS) code 29.140) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
PROY-NOM-031-ENER-2012, Eficiencia energétic a para luminarios con diodos emisores 
de luz (LED) destinados a vialidades y á reas exteriores públicas.  Especificaciones y 
métodos de prueba  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-031-ENER-2012:  
Energy efficiency of light-emitting diode (LED) luminaires for use on roads and highways and in outdoor public areas.  Specifications and test methods) (18 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Standard applies to luminaires with light-emitting 
diode (LED) lighting components marketed a nd installed in Mexican territory for the 
illumination of roads and highways and outdoor areas.  Luminaires with an exclusively LED bulb (screw-base) light source are exempt from compliance with draft Mexican 
Official Standard PROY-NOM-031-ENER-2012. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
To establish the energy efficiency specificati ons for light-emitting diode (LED) luminaires 
for use on roads and highways and in outdoor areas and the test methods for verifying 
compliance with these specifications. G/TBT/N/MEX/230 
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  8. Relevant documents:   -  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applicable. 
60 days after publication as a final Standard in 
the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   16 July 2012 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresses, 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 E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or jesus.figueroa@economia.gob.mx  
Website: 
http://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad-negocio s/normalizacion/catalogo-mexicano-de-
normas  
 
Text available online at: http://dof.gob.mx/index.php? year=2012&month=05&day=18  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/tbt/MEX/12_1964_00_s.pdf