WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.472
6 October 1998
(98-3848)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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 Trade and Industrial Development
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:  National enquiry point
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):  Multi-purpose measuring
equipment for electricity systems
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Mexican Official
Standard NOM-127-SCFI-1998, Measuring Instruments - Multi-Purpose Meters for
Electricity Systems - Specifications and Test Methods (25 pages, Spanish)
6. Description of content:  The purpose of this Mexican Official Standard will be to establish
the characteristics, specifications, metrological qualities and test methods applicable tomulti-purpose meters for electricity systems.
It applies to multi-purpose measuring equipment for use in electricity generation,
transmission, distribution and marketing, as well as in electrometry and in general to
measure electricity exchanges between companies or between different sectors and
processes within the electricity sector.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  Safety
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación (Official Journal) of 21 August 1998
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }  To be determined
10. Final date for comments:  20 October 1998
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body: