. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/MEX/37
16 October 2002
(02-5619)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
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 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:   General
Directorate of Standard s/Ministry of the Economy (DGN/SE) 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):  Household refrigerators
and freezers
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Mexican
Official Standard PROY-NOM-015-ENER-2002, Energy Efficiency of Household
Refrigerators and Freezers.  Limits, Test Methods and Labelling  (47 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   This draft Mexican Official Standard (NOM) establishes the
maximum energy consumption limits for household refrigerators and freezers using
hermetic motor-driven compressors, specifies the test methods for determining such energy
consumption and the total refrigerated volume, and stipulates the particulars for inclusion
on the energy consumption label.
This draft Standard applies to household refrigerators of up to 1,104 cubic
decimetres (39 cubic feet) and household freezers of up to 850 cubic decimetres (30 cubic
feet) using hermetic motor-driven compressors marketed in Mexico.
Finally, the purpose of this draft Standard is to update NOM-015-ENER-1997,
Energy Efficiency of Household Refrigerator s and Freezers.  Limits, Test Methods and
Labelling.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Energy saving  (conservation of natural resources) and quality and labelling of
household refrigerators and freezers for consumer protection.
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of
18 September 2002.G/TBT/N/MEX/37
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9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined
10. Final date for comments:   17 November 2002
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of other body:
Web site:  www.economia.gob.mx/?P=85  (Standards catalogue).