WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/116
10 March 2000
(00-0945)
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 Energy
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:   Contact 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):   Turbine-type vertical
pumps.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Mexican
Official Standard PROY-NORM-001-ENER- 1999, energy efficiency of turbine-type
vertical pumps with vertical electric motors.  Testing limits and methods (14 pages, in
Spanish).
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this Draft Mexican Official Standard is to establish
the minimum energy efficiency for turbine-type vertical pumps with external vertical
electric motors sold in Mexico in order to save energy and help to conserve energy
resources and the ecology of Mexico, in addition to protecting the consumer from productsof lower quality which consume an excessive amount of energy.  It fixes the minimum
values for energy efficiency to be met by turbine-type vertical pumps with external vertical
electric motors and defines the testing method for verifying the efficiency in laboratories.
The draft Standard only applies to turbine-type vertical pumps with external vertical electric
motors commercialized and sold in Mexico for use with clean water and with the properties
specified in this draft Standard.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   
Safety
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of
14 February 2000.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined.
10. Final date for comments:   14 April 2000.
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:   WEB:http://www.secofi.gob.mx/dgn1.html