. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/134 
4 February 2008 
 (08-0482) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  MEXICO
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   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,  CCNNPURRE (National Advisory Committee on Standardization 
for the Conservation and Rational Use of Energy Resources) Río Lerma 302, 5° Piso, Colonia Cuahutémoc Delegación Cuahutémoc, 06500 México D.F. 
E-mail:  no@conae.gob.mx
 and nor@conae.gob.mx  
 
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalizac ión de Seguridad al Usuario, Información 
Comercial y Prácticas de Comercio, CCNNSUICPC (National Advisory Committee on 
Standardization for User Safety, Comme rcial Information a nd Trade Practices) 
Avenida Puente de Tecamachalco número 6 
Colonia Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes 
Naucalpan de Juárez, 53950 Estado de México Tel.: 57 29 93 00, Ext. 43222 Fax: 55 20 97 15 E-mail:  jvazque@economia.gob.mx  and francos@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):   Self-ballasted compact 
fluorescent lamps 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de Norma 
Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-017-ENER/SCFI-2005,  Eficiencia energética y requisitos de 
seguridad al usuario de lám paras fluorescentes compactas au tobalastradas.  Límites y 
métodos de prueba (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-017-ENER/SCFI-2005: 
Energy efficiency of and user safety requi rements for self-ballasted compact fluorescent 
lamps.  Limits and test methods) (21 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/MEX/134 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the 
minimum energy efficiency levels for self-ba llasted compact fluorescent lamps, the user 
safety requirements for such lamps and the test  methods for verifying compliance with these 
requirements.  Furthermore, th e Standard specifies the information to be displayed on the 
products covered by this draft Standard and ma rketed in Mexico and responds to the need 
for such products to be conducive to energy efficiency and saving. 
 This draft Official Standard applies to all self-ballasted compact fluorescent lamps 
with or without housing or with an integrated re flector, with an E12, E14, E26, E27, E39 or 
E40 Edison screw base or a B22 bayonet base, with supply voltages from 100V to 277V AC 
and of 50 Hz or 60 Hz, and manufactured in, impor ted into or marketed in national territory. 
It does not apply to self-ballasted compact fluor escent lamps with control fixtures, such as 
photocells, motion sensors, remote controls or dimmer devices, incorporated in the body of 
the lamp or to modular compact fluorescent lamps. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   - 
8. Relevant documents:   Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 21 January 2008. 
Available at:  http://www.dof.gob.mx. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: } - 
10. Final date for comments:   20 March 2008 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and website addresses,  if available, of other body:  
General Directorate of Standards of the Ministry of the Economy: 
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729-9300, Ext. 43221 Fax: (+52) 55 5520-9715 
Web site: http://www.economia-noms.gob.mx/ 
E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx