. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/158 
3 September 2008 
 (08-4115) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
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 and 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 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, 5° Piso, Colonia Cuahutémoc 
Delegación Cuahutémoc, 06500, México D.F. E-mail: no@conae.gob.mx
 and nor@conae.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):   Residential water pumps 
and motor pumps with a power rating of 0.187 kW to 0.746 kW 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Norma Oficial 
Mexicana NOM-004-ENER-2008, Eficiencia  energética de bombas y conjunto 
motor-bomba, para bombeo de agua limpia, en pot encias de 0,187 kW a 0,746 kW.  Límites 
y métodos de prueba (Mexican Official Standard NOM-004-ENER-2008:  Energy 
efficiency of clean-water pumps and motor pumps with a power rating of 0.187 kW to 
0.746 kW.  Limits and test me thods) (17 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Mexican Official Standard establishes the minimum 
energy efficiency levels and the maximum ener gy consumption levels for residential water 
pumps and residential water motor pumps (using single-phase squirrel-cage induction motors), respectively, and the test methods for verifying compliance therewith.  It also lays 
down public information labelling requirements. 
 The Standard applies to residentia l water pumps and motor pumps using 
single-phase squirrel-cage induction motors, with a power rating of 0.187 kW to 0.746 kW 
and marketed in Mexico.  The following types of pumps and motor pumps are excluded from the scope of the Standard: 
 (a) Pumps for ornamental fountains; 
 (b) Fire pumps; 
 (c) Hydromassage pumps; 
 (d) Jet (injector) pumps; G/TBT/N/MEX/158 
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  6. Description of content:   (cont'd) 
 (e) Multistage pumps; 
 (f) Pumps for solids handling (surface or submersible);  (g) Sprinkler pumps;  (h) Bilge pumps; 
 (i) Swimming pool pumps. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
 
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8. Relevant documents:   Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 25 July 2008.  
Available at:  http://www.dof.gob.mx  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: } 24 September 2008 
10. Final date for comments:   - 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web site addresses, if available, of 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_2726_00_s.pdf