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Notifying Member: MEXICO
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
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Agency responsible: Secretaría de Economía (Ministry of the Economy)
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above: Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de la Secretaría de Economía, CCONNSE (National Advisory Committee on Standardization of the Ministry of the Economy)
Puente de Tecamachalco número 6Colonia Lomas de Tecamachalco,
Sección Fuentes
Naucalpan de Juárez
C.P. 53950, Estado de México
Email:emeterio.mosso@economia.gob.mx and francisco.delcollado@economia.gob.mx (comments may be submitted to this authority for consideration under the terms of the relevant law. SINEC-20160823120015245)
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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:
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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Primary cells and primary batteries (tariff heading 85.06)
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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-212-SCFI-2016, Pilas y Baterías Primarias - Límites Máximos Permisibles de Mercurio y Cadmio - Especificaciones, Métodos De Prueba y Etiquetado (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-212-SCFI-2016: Primary cells and primary batteries - Maximum permissible mercury and cadmium limits - Specifications, test methods and labelling) (12 pages, in Spanish)
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Description of content: Cells and batteries have evolved since they were first created. For a time, they were made with mercury to prevent the build-up of internal gases, the leakage of materials from their casing, and the possibility of them exploding. Since the beginning of the 1990s, technology has made it possible to eliminate the use of mercury and cadmium in batteries - a change that has been implemented by formal industry. In Mexico, all batteries are imported, i.e. none are manufactured domestically, and it is therefore impossible to control or guarantee the type of technology used to produce the range of battery brands consumed throughout national territory.
One type of battery, the mercuric oxide button cell, the main component of which is mercury (32% of its total weight), has been replaced by new forms of button cell; however, it is possible that this type of battery continues to be manufactured in some parts of the world.
Lead-acid batteries are commonly associated exclusively with motor vehicle batteries, and yet they are now used in other areas such as lighting (rechargeable lamps) and recreation, and in large toys such as electric ride-ons. At the end of their useful life, these batteries are considered to be hazardous waste and are subject to the regulations concerning such waste.
Establishing a measure to control the manufacture and import of batteries will ensure that batteries marketed in Mexico have a mercury and cadmium content that poses no threat to human health and the environment.
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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes and defines the characteristics of cells and batteries, their classification by electrochemical system technology, maximum permissible mercury and cadmium limits, and battery labelling requirements.
It is applicable to the primary cells and batteries imported into and marketed in national territory that are listed in Table 1 of the text.
It does not cover cells and batteries marketed as part of an electronic or electrical product, i.e. any cells and batteries contained in an electrical or electronic device that are required for its functioning.
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Relevant documents: Mexican Official Standard NOM-050-SCFI-2004: Información comercial - Etiquetado general de productos (Commercial information - General product labelling), published in the Official Journal on 1 June 2004.
Mexican Standard NMX-J-160/1-ANCE-2013: Pilas eléctricas - parte 1: requisitos generales (Electric batteries - Part 1: General requirements) (cancels Mexican Standard NMX-J-160/1-ANCE-2005). Notice of entry into force published in the Official Journal on 28 October 2013.
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Proposed date of adoption: The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will be adopted upon its publication in the Official Journal as a final Mexican Official Standard.
Proposed date of entry into force: The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will enter into force 180 calendar days after its publication in the Official Journal as a final standard.
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Final date for comments: 60 days from 12 December 2016.
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Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:
Secretaría de Economía
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad
Dirección General de Normas
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43244
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715
Website: http://www.economia-noms.gob.mx/?P=144
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx and/or sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx
Text available online at:
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5465033&fecha=12/12/2016
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/MEX/16_5149_00_s.pdf
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