The Mexican Government has confirmed that the major regulatory change to guarantee security aspects, achieve effective consumer protection, and reduce the risks of fire, electric shock, or injury to the operator and non-professional personnel will be implemented on May 14th, 2020.

The National Consultative Committee for Standardization, the Secretary of Economy (CCONNSE), initially announced on June 21, 2018, the cancellation of the NOM-001-SCFI-1993 and reaffirmed that the implementation of this NOM will be as planned.

As a consequence, Certifying Bodies are no longer accepting requests for NOM-001-SCFI-1993. All requests should be submitted under the new NOM-001 effective immediately.

The NOM-001-SCFI-2018 establishes the increased testing requirements compared to NOM-001-SCFI-1993 and are detailed as follows:

• Protection against electric shock.
• Protection against mechanical hazards.
• Protection against optical radiation.
• Fire protection.
• Protection against thermal effects.
• Protection against biological and chemical effects.

Scope

Applies to electronic equipment and accessories that use electric power from the public service for its supply, with single-phase supply voltages up to 277 V a.c. at 60 Hz and/or three-phase voltages up to 480 V a.c. between lines at 60 Hz; as well as other energy sources, such as cells, batteries, accumulators, self-generation, and alternative power sources up to 500 V DC.

The NOM-001-SCFI-2018 is applicable to new, second-line, discontinued, rebuilt, reconditioned, used, or second-hand electronic equipment.

Exclusions

NOM-001-SCFI-2018 does not apply to:

• Power systems that are not an integral part of the equipment, such as motor generators.
• The wiring of the electrical installation of buildings.
• Devices that do not require electrical power.
• Equipment intended to operate in special environments (for example: extreme temperatures, excess dust, humidity or vibration, flammable gases, and corrosive or explosive atmospheres).
• Equipment intended to be used or installed onboard ships or airplanes.
• The equipment in the scope of NOM-019-SCFI-1998 and NOM-016-SCFI-1993, or those that replace them.
• External power supplies for outdoors, power supplies for luminaires, and those that exceed the limits established in the objective and field of application.
• Internal power supplies.
• External power supplies greater than 250 W.
• Testing of components and subsets used in the design and manufacture of electronic equipment, and its associated equipment.
• Uninterruptible Power Electronic Systems (UPS) over 10,000 VA.

For more information, please contact info@orbiscompliance.com - mailto:info@orbiscompliance.com or (408) 465-7331.

Based on the Mexican Ministry of the Interior website.