WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.288
26August 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-3324)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: MEXICO
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofEnergy
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Boilers
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican
Official Standard NOM-012-ENER-1996, Thermal Efficiency ofLow-Capacity Boilers.
Specifications andTestMethods
6. Description ofcontent: This Standard establishes theminimum levels ofthermal
efficiency fornewlow-capacity fire-tube orwater-tube integrated boilers, without heat
recovery equipment.
Italsoestablishes thetestmethods forverifying compliance.
This Standard applies tonewlow-capacity fire-tube orwater-tube integrated
boilers without heatrecovery equipment, marketed inMexico, using petroleum-derived
liquid and/or gasfuelwiththefollowing characteristics:
Table 1
Scope ofApplication oftheStandard
Capacity: 7.5to100kW
Pressure: Upto1Mpa
Temperature: Saturation
7. Objective andrationale: Conservation ofenergy resources
8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial delaFederación (Official Journal) of16July1996
9. Proposed dateofadoption/proposed dateofentry intoforce: Dayfollowing definitive
publication intheDiario Oficial
10. Final dateforcomments: 16October 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: