WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.49
4February 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-0403)
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): Contact Point
2. Agency responsible: Ministy 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.
ICS numbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Electric power
installations, substations, generating plants andlinesandtheirequipment andanyother
installation forthepurpose ofsupplying orusing electric power.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican
Official Standard NOM-001-SEDE-1997 onInstallations fortheSupply andUseof
Electric Power (711pages, inSpanish)
6. Description ofcontent: Thepurpose ofthisMexican Official Standard willbetolay
down thetechnical specifications forinstallations forthesupply anduseofelectric
power, soastoensure thattheyoffer suitable conditions ofservice andsafety for
persons andproperty. Italsorevises, amends andsupplements NOM-001-SEMP-1994,
inforce since 15October 1994.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Consumer safety andprotection
8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial delaFederación (Official Journal) of
22December 1997
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 22March 1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: