MEX/360
WTO/TBT
MX Mexico
  • 29 - Electrical engineering
  • 31 - Electronics
2017-08-12
2017-06-23
Lamps

Proyecto Norma Oficial PROY-NOM-028-ENER-2017, Eficiencia Energética de Lámparas para Uso General. Límites y métodos de prueba (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-028-ENER-2017, Energy efficiency of lamps for general use. Limits and test methods) (27 pages, in Spanish)

The notified draft Mexican Official Standard applies to lamps for general use which are intended to light residential, commercial, service, industrial and public areas, such as: incandescent lamps; halogen lamps; linear fluorescent lamps; and blended high-intensity discharge lamps, which are imported, manufactured and/or marketed in Mexico.

It does not apply to products covered by other Mexican Official Standards on energy efficiency, or to the following types of lamp: -

•  Black light, anti-insect and infra-red lamps; lamps used in means of transport, for signalling, in mining activities and to stimulate plant growth; aquarium, shatter-proof and traffic signal lamps; lamps with an integrated reflector; lamps used for entertainment purposes; photo projection lamps; and lamps used for medical and therapeutic purposes.

•  Incandescent lamps with a power rating not exceeding 40W, used exclusively in household appliances such as ovens, microwaves, refrigerators, fans, extractor hoods, sewing machines and dryers.

•  Incandescent and halogen lamps with a rated voltage not exceeding 32 volts.

•  Left-hand thread, triple power and coloured lamps.

•  Decorative incandescent halogen lamps with a power rating not exceeding 40W, with any bulb-like shape, and with any type of base.

•  Linear fluorescent lamps of less than 50cm in length, with a colour rendering index of 90 or above, and a colour temperature exceeding 7,000K, designed to operate at low temperatures; ultraviolet and other special lamps.

•  Compact fluorescent lamps without an integrated ballast; circular fluorescent lamps.

•  Low-pressure sodium vapour lamps; LED and induction lamps

•  Double terminal metal-halide quartz lamps with a protected discharge pipe or reflector.

•  Double terminal metal-halide ceramic lamps with a protected discharge pipe or reflector, with a power rating not exceeding 20W, with a protected discharge pipe or reflector.

•  High-pressure sodium vapour lamps with a power rating not exceeding 50W, with a reflector or a colour rendering index of 60 or above.