. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/MEX/38
16 October 2002
(02-5620)
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):  Three-phase squirrel-
cage AC induction motors with a rated output of 0.746 kW to 373 kW.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Mexican
Official Standard PROY-NOM-016-ENER- 2002, Energy Efficiency of Three-Phase
Squirrel-Cage AC Induction Motors with a Ra ted Output of 0.746 to 373kW. Test Methods
and Marking  (19 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   This draft Mexican Official Standard (NOM) establishes the
minimum efficiency ratings and evaluation test method for and specifications for marking
rated efficiency on the plates of motors marketed in Mexico, in line with technological
advances and domestic and international market conditions.
This Standard applies to open- and closed-loop, horizontal- and vertical-mounted,
three-phase squirrel-cage AC induction electric motors with a rated output of 0.746 kW to
373 kW.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Energy saving  (conservation of natural resources) and quality and labelling of three-
phase squirrel-cage induction AC motors with a rated output of 0.746 kW to 373 kW for
consumer protection.
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of
23 September 2002.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determinedG/TBT/N/MEX/38
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10. Final date for comments:   22 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).