. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/135 
4 February 2008 
 (08-0483) 
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-contained 
commercial refrigeration appliances 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de Norma 
Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-022-ENER/SCFI-2005,  Eficiencia Energetica, Requisitos de 
Seguridad al Usuario para aparat os de refrigeración comercial autocontenidos. Limites, 
Metodos de Prueba y Etiquetado (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-022-
ENER/SCFI-2005:  Energy efficiency of and user safety requirements for self-contained 
commercial refrigeration appliances.  Limits, test methods and labelling) (62 pages, in 
Spanish). G/TBT/N/MEX/135 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the 
specifications and test methods for determini ng the energy consumption values per litre of 
self-contained commercial refrigeration appliances.  It also establishes user safety requirements for such appliances and the test  methods for verifying compliance therewith. 
Furthermore, the Standard specifies the inform ation to be included on the energy-efficiency 
labels required, in addition to marking, on appliances covered by this  draft Standard and 
marketed in Mexico. 
 This draft Official Standard applies to the following self-contained commercial 
refrigeration appliances, new, used or rebuilt,  powered by electricity, of a capacity of 
50 litres or more, and marketed in Mexico: 
 - Upright coolers with one or more front-opening doors; 
 - Chest coolers;  - Chest freezers;  - Upright freezers;  - Closed display cabinets; 
 - Cabinets for bagged ice. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   - 
8. Relevant documents:   Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 17 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:   16 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