. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/162 
10 September 2008 
 (08-4236) 
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 Economía (Ministry of the Economy) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web site 
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 Normalizac ión de Seguridad al Usuario, Información 
Comercial y Prácticas de Comercio  (National Advisory Committee on Standardization for 
User Safety, Commercial Information and 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: hespindo@economia.gob.mx and/or jcamacho@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):   S-type watt-hour meters 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de  Norma 
Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-044-SCFI-2008,  Wattorímetros electrodomésticos –
Definiciones, características y métodos de prueba  (Draft Mexican Official Standard 
NOM-044-SCFI-2008, Electro-domestic watt-hour meters – Definitions, characteristics and 
testing methods) (56 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this draft Mexican Official Standard is to establish 
the definitions, electrical, physical and mech anical characteristics, packaging and marking 
of type "S" watt-hour meters (self-contained).  It also includes descriptions of class, nominal tension and frequency, nominal current values or internal wi ring arrangements, dimensions, 
rotor marking, registration requirements, test s and testing methods for the evaluation of 
prototypes, and verification tests in respect  of alternating current induction watt-hour 
meters.  The electromechanical watt-hour meters  covered by this draft Mexican Official 
Standard are used to measure electricity consumption, for billing purposes among others. G/TBT/N/MEX/162 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  - 
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 
19 August 2008.  Available at http://www.dof.gob.mx  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:  }- 
10. Final date for comments:   18 October 2008 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web site addresses, if available of the other body: 
Dirección General de Normas de la Secretaría de Economía (General Directorate of 
Standards of the Ministry of the Economy) Tel.:  (+52) 55 5729 9300, Ext. 4 3221 Fax:  (+52) 55 5520 9715 
Web site: http://www.economia-noms.gob.mx/ 
E-mail:  normasomc@economia.gob.mx 
and http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2008/tbt/MEX/08_2752_00_s.pdf