On October 3rd, 2018, the Ministry of Economy in Mexico published the NOM-212-SCFI-2017 to regulate battery importation and fabrication. This NOM is expected to be enforced on September 26th, 2019. As of that date, all companies that wish to commercialize batteries in Mexico will have to comply with this NOM’s regulations and have their products certified.

Although EMA (Entidad Mexicana de Acreditación), the national regulatory certification entity in Mexico, has not accredited any certification body to date, we expect such an entity to be announced in the next few months.

With only 9 months remaining until NOM-212’s enforcement, Orbis recommends that battery manufacturers create a plan now to get their products ready for testing and certification.