RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.344
13December 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-4041)
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: Department ofEnergy
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):
Household electric clothes washing machines
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican Official
Standard NOM-005-ENER-1995, Energy Efficiency ofHousehold Electric Washing
Machines. Limits, TestMethods andConsumer Information
6. Description ofcontent: This Standard establishes maximum permitted electricity
consumption levels forhousehold washing machines, aswell astestmethods for
verifying compliance andminimum requirements concerning consumer information on
theproduct 'senergy efficiency values.
7. Objective andrationale: Energy saving
8. Relevant documents: Official Journal of16November 1995
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Dayfollowing finalpublication inthe
Official Journal
10. Final dateforcomments: 14February 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: