WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.152
31March 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-1287)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: MEXICO
Ifapplicable, name oflocal government involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofTransport andCommunications
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shall beindicated if
different from above: Enquiry Point
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): Terminal equipment (NIRPET)
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Emergency Official Mexican
Standard NOM-EM-151-SCT1-1998, Public Network Interface forTerminal Equipment
(NIRPET). 16pages (Spanish)
6. Description ofcontent: Establishes themechanical andelectrical requirements andthemethods
oftesting thenecessary minimum technical parameters which must besatisfied byanyterminal
equipment connected orinterconnected totheMexican public telecommunications network. The
technical requirements forterminal equipment cover thefollowing aspects: (a)Prevention ofany
damage tothepublic telecommunications networks ordeterioration oftheservices provided;
(b)prevention ofelectromagnetic interference affecting thetelecommunications networks and
users oftheradio-frequency spectrum; (c)electromagnetic compatibility withother users ofthe
radio-frequency spectrum; (d)thesafety oftheoperators andthepublic ingeneral (insofar asnot
provided forinother lawsorregulations); (e)interoperability withthepublic telecommunications
networks; (f)theefficient use oftheradio-frequency spectrum, when appropriate;
(g)prevention ofmalfunctioning ofthecharging, collecting andinvoicing equipment. This
Standard isapplicable toanydevice connected orinterconnected toanetwork terminal connection
point, known asterminal equipment.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable: Safety
8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial delaFederación (Official Journal) of25February 1998
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:26February 1998
10. Final dateforcomments: Notapplicable.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number ofother
body: