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MéxicoSAFETY THE FEDERAL LAW ON METROLOGY AND STANDARDIZATION
The Federal Law of Metrology and Standardization regulates the sectors of Agriculture, Communication, Transportation, Energy, Environmental, Health, Public Education, Social Development, and Industrial Development. Examples of regulated product categories where compliance is mandatory are electrical products (household appliance, lighting fixtures, etc.), electronic products (computers, printers, electronic instruments), gas appliances, telecommunication equipment (phones in general, answer machines, modems, switching stations, etc.), Food goods, fire fighting systems, textiles. These items must bear the NOM Marking. Products rated 24 V or less are excluded from mandatory certification. Information technology equipment that is highly specialized, can qualify for an exemption. The process is referred to as a Highly Specialized Equipment (HSE) Dictum. Other regulated products that are imported under business-to-business transactions may not require certification if processed under specific customs processes available for business-to-business transactions. Examples of regulated product categories where compliance is voluntary are food goods (both human and animal), raw material testing (rubber, plastic, etc.), materials in medical procedures, electrical components (wire, cable, fuses, circuit breakers, transformers, etc). The Mexican national electric code (NOM 001-SEMP-1994) is applied to electrical installations. It requires components to be certified to NOM or NMX standards. Mandatory Normas Oficials Mexicanas (NOM) or voluntary Normas Mexicanas (NMX) are used to verify compliance. These standards apply to a wide spectrum of products - food goods, textiles, consumer/commercial electronics and electrical goods, gas appliances, etc. FEDERAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW (FTL)
Approval is required for all terminal equipment connecting to the public telecommunications network, including DLL and ISDN. Approval is also required for all radio products, including most digital products. Mandatory Normas Oficials Mexicanas (NOM) are used to verify compliance. UL SERVICESTesting conducted at UL's U.S. laboratories UL has established test data exchange agreements with testing laboratories in México. The agreements allow UL to conduct NOM testing that could be accepted and used to generate a valid NOM Test Report. The test data exchange agreements apply to a closed list of product categories. The complete list of products is as follows:
Testing conducted in México For all products, testing can only take place at laboratories accredited by Entidad Mexicana de Accreditación (EMA). An Authorization Letter from the appropriate certification organization must accompany all test samples sent to México in order to clear customs. In either case, UL's affiliate, UL de México, will oversee the generation of the NOM Test Report and ensure that it is forwarded to the appropriate national certifier for review and acceptance. Certificate renewal service All NOM certificates have an associated expiration date. If manufacturers plan to continue to export their product past the expiration date noted on their NOM certificate, they must apply to the Mexican organization that issued the certificate and request a renewal of their NOM certificate. To complete the renewal procedure, a representative sample from the product family covered by the NOM certificate must be tested. UL's Market Access Solutions (MAS) staff, in conjunction with UL staff in México, will contact the appropriate certification organization on behalf of the manufacturer and confirm sample requirements and testing and re-certification fees. UL can provide help with re-certification for those products that bear the NOM Mark. This service mainly consisted of coordinating complete retesting of the product each year the manufacturer chose to renew the product's NOM certification. Alternatively, thru UL's working agreements with our Mexican Compliance Partners, our quarterly follow-up may possibly be used in place of actual testing. This service will be offered, along with existing UL NOM assistance services, directly through UL de México's Engineering Department. Common examples of products that fall under these agreements are:
To simplify this procedure, UL has worked out an agreement with NYCE that allows manufacturers pursuing NOM re-certification to use UL's Follow-Up reports instead of the procedure explained above. NYCE issues all NOM certificates that apply to ITE, audio/video equipment, microwave and other electronics equipment. For further informationShould you have questions about UL's Market Access Solutions in México, require additional information or wish to pursue any of these services, please contact us.
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The Federal Law on Metrology and Standardization serves to designate products requiring mandatory certification through the utilization of NOM (Normas Oficials Mexicanas) standards and sets procedures for the certification of products to voluntary NMX (Normas Mexicanas) standards. Both electrical and non-electrical products are covered by the law. Mandatory certification to products covered by NOM standards (which must bear the NOM Mark shown below) or voluntary certification to NMX standards must be carried out by a nationally accredited body.