WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.588
9 December 1998
(98-4933)
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 beindicated if different from above: Contact Point
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [    ], 2.10.1 [ X ], 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):  Lamps
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Emergency
Mexican Official Standard NOM-064-SCFI-1998, Electrical Appliances - Safety
Requirements for Lamps for Indoor and Outdoor Use (20 pages, in Spanish)
6. Description of content:  The purpose of this Mexican Official Standard is to establish the
safety requirements and testing methods applicable to all lamps for industrial or commercial
uses or street lighting.
The safety requirements contained therein apply to all lamps for indoor or outdoor
use with high-intensity discharge tungsten-h alogen light bulbs and low-pressure sodium
vapour light bulbs for industrial and commercial uses and street lighting.
This draft Standard does not apply to products for residential or domestic use, or for
signalling or emergency purposes, or equipm ent for classified or dangerous areas.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  Safety
8. Relevant documents:  Official Journal of 16 November 1998
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: } To be determined
10. Final date for comments:  15 January 1999
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:           