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MexicoProposed measure, may since have been adopted

Electric water – Mexico

Draft Official Mexican Standard PROY-NOM-040-ENER-2025, Integrated efficiency for electric water heaters. Specifications, test methods and labeling.

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Proyecto de Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-040-ENER-2025, Eficiencia integrada para calentadores de agua eléctricos. Especificaciones, métodos de prueba y etiquetado.

Mexico notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 2 April 2026. The comment period closed on 1 June 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Applies to electric water heaters for domestic and commercial use, storage or instantaneous type, that operate with electrical energy and provide only hot water in liquid phase

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Aplica a los calentadores de agua eléctrica para uso doméstico y comercial tipo almacenamiento o instantáneos que funcionen con energía eléctrica y proporcionen únicamente agua caliente en fase liquida

HS codes
  • 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles
    • 851610 Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters
Notifying member
Mexico
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 2 April 2026. Check WTO ePing or Mexico for its current status.
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/MEX/560

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 1 June 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
Por determinar

How to comment

The comment period closed on 1 June 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/MEX/560; it can take them up with Mexico.

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What the notification says

The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the minimum integrated efficiency levels that are to be met by electric water heaters for household and commercial use, and the test methods to be used to verify compliance, and defines the relevant user information labelling requirements.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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