. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/195 
25 March 2010 
 (10-1631) 
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 Normalizac ión 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 Cuauhtémoc 
Delegación Cuauhtémoc, 06500, México, D.F. E-mail:  fernando.hernandez@conuee.go b.mx and norma.morales@conuee.gob.mx 
Website:  http://www.conuee.gob.mx/wb/
 
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 applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   AC motors 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   
PROY-NOM-016-ENER-2009, Eficiencia energé tica de motores de corriente alterna, 
trifásicos, de inducción, tipo jaula de ard illa, en potencia nominal de 0,746 a 373 kW. 
Límites, método de prueba y marcado (Draft Mexican Official Standard 
PROY-NOM-016-ENER-2009:  Energy efficiency of three-phase squirrel-cage AC induction motors with a rated output of  0.746 to 373 kW.  Limits, test method and 
marking) (24 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Mexican Official Standard applies to 
continuous duty, horizontally or vertically mounted, single rotational frequency, open or 
closed loop, three-phase squirrel-cage electric AC induction motors with a rated output of 
0.746 to 373 kW and a rated voltage of up to 600 V. G/TBT/N/MEX/195 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
To establish rated efficiency values and associ ated minimum efficiency ratings, the test 
method for assessing these values and ratings, approval criteria, and specifications concerning the minimum amount of information th at is to appear on the plates of open and 
closed loop, three-phase squirrel-cage electric AC induction motors with a rated output of 
0.746 to 373 kW, marketed in Mexico.  The notified draft standard has been introduced as 
a result of technological progress and domestic a nd international market conditions.  It will 
help fulfil the need to promote energy sav ing and preserve the nation's non-renewable 
natural resources.  
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 
3 March 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:   3 May 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.org/crnattach ments/2010/tbt/mex/10_1198_00_s.pdf