. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/187 
21 January 2010 
 (10-0326) 
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:  Secretaría de Energía (Ministry of Energy) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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 Normal ización en Materia de Hidrocarburos  
(National Advisory Committee on Standardization for Hydrocarbons) 
Avenida Insurgentes Sur, 890, Piso 4 
Colonia Del Valle, 03100, Mexico, D.F. 
Tel.: 5000-6000, Ext. 1130 Fax: 5000-6253 E-mail: csotelo@energia.gob.mx, mmendoza@energia.gob.mx,  iposadas@energia.gob.mx, mahorta@energia.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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Domestic room heaters 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   PROY-NOM-012-
SESH-2009, Calefactores de ambiente para us o doméstico que empleen como combustible 
Gas L.P. o Natural. Requisitos de seguridad y métodos de prueba  (Draft Mexican Official 
Standard PROY-NOM-012-SESH-2009:  LPG-fire d or natural gas-fired domestic room 
heaters.  Safety requirements and test methods) (47 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the 
minimum safety requirements and test methods a pplicable to LPG-fired or natural gas-fired 
domestic room heaters, including all parts and accessories thereof, and the commercial 
information to be displayed on the product label. 
This draft Standard applies to domestic room heaters with a heat output of 15kW or less, 
manufactured and/or sold domestically. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  -  G/TBT/N/MEX/187 
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  8. Relevant documents: 
• Spanish Standard UNE-EN 449: Aparatos de calefacci ón domésticos no conectados 
a un conducto de evacuación (incluidos lo s aparatos de calefacción por combustión 
catalítica difusiva)  (Domestic flueless space heaters (including diffusive catalytic 
combustion heaters));  
• American National Standards Institute  (ANSI) Standard ANSI Z21.11.2: Gas-fired 
room heaters, Volume II: Unvented room heaters ; 
• Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 5 Ja nuary 2010.  Available at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Upon publication as a Mexican Official 
Standard in the Official Journal. 
60 calendar days after publication in the 
Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   8 March 2010 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the 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 
Website: http://www.economia-noms.gob.mx/?P=144
 
E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or figueroa@economia.gob.mx  
Also available at:  http://members.wto.o rg/crnattachments/2010/tbt/mex/10_0270_00_s.pdf