Mexico - New Resolution - Acceptance of US/Canadian Certs at the Border in Lieu of NOM Certs

On August 17, 2010, the Mexican Government published in the official Gazette a new resolution to make easier for the the importation of products into Mexico of electronic products. In essence, the Mexican government sees the NOM Mexican Regulations to be equivalent to the US and Canadian Standards.

With this resolution, the Mexican Importer can now show the Mexican Authorities in customs wither the mandatory NOM safety certificate OR the Certificate issued by the following certification bodies located in the USA or Canada only.


USA: Underwriters Laboratories (UL), Intertek Testing Services, and TUV Rheinland of North America

Canada: Canadian Standards Association CSA, Underwriters Laboratories (UL), and Intertek Testing Services

The equivalence of the safety NOM regulations with the US and Canadian Standards are as follows:


Audio/Video Products:
Mexico: NOM 001 for audio and video products
US: ANSI/UL 60065 seventh edition audio, video and similar electronic 60065 safety requirements 2003 and the UL 6500 standard for audio/video and musical instrument apparatus for household, commercial and similar general use 1999 approved by ANSI, American National Standards Institute
Canada: CAN / CSA-C22 No. 60065-2003 +Amendment 1: 2006 audio/video and similar electronic apparatus-safety requirements approved by Standards Council of Canada from the Canadian electric code.


Office Use Products

Mexico: NOM 016 for all the office use products
US: ANSI/UL 60335-1 standard for safety of household and similar electrical appliances Part 1 General Requirements approved by ANSI, American National Standards Institute
Canada: CAN / CSA E60335-1/4E-03 (R2007) household and similar electrical appliances –safety Part 1 General Requirements approved by Standards Council of Canada from the Canadian electric code


Information Technology Equipment:Mexico: NOM 019
US: ANSI/UL 60950-1 second edition Information technology equipment-safety-part 1: General requirements (Ed 2 Mar 27 2007) ANSI, American National Standards Institute
Canada: CAN / CSA-22.2 No. 60950-1-07 second edition Information technology equipment-safety-part 1: General requirements (Bi National Standard with UL 60950-1, approved by Standards Council of Canada from the Canadian Electric Code


NOTE: AC adapters, battery chargers, power supplies, alarm systems, answering machines, microwave products, RF amplifiers, Infrared and UV products, UPS, voltage regulators, lamps, illumination (lighting) products, electric toys and dolls, among others must continue being certified in Mexico with safety NOM-001 certificate by testing a sample in Mexico as usual in order to be imported to Mexico.


PETER MERTGUERIAN
peter@goglobalcompliance.com
GO GLOBAL COMPLIANCE INC.
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Africa, Middle East, Asia - Holidays

Many countries in the Middle East, Africa and Asia will be obeserving Ramaddan starting August 11th - September 14th. Some of the regulators work less hours while others will be working normal hours. If you have projects to be submitted, please do so immediately so we can try and expedite your approvals.






PETER MERTGUERIAN
peter@goglobalcompliance.com
GO GLOBAL COMPLIANCE INC.
Tel (US): (408) 416-3772
twitter: marketaccess
Skype: petermerguerian

EU - Revision to Spectrum Harmonization for SRDs

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:166:0033:0041:EN:PDF