Mexico Regulatory approval

Mexico

10-06-2022

PEC Regulations for Telecommunications and Broadcasting Equipment

The Mexican Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT)’s revised compliance assessment procedure in the area of ​​telecommunications and broadcasting equipment (PEC regulations) will take effect in Mexico on June 25, 2022.

The following main changes have been made by the Mexican Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT):

  • * Local importers or distributors can be included to the certificate of conformity, along with affiliates and subsidiaries of the manufacturer
  • * It is not mandatory for testing labs to send test reports to IFT anymore. However, IFT has the right to request labs to share test reports
  • * The validity of test reports was prolonged from 60 to 120 days to prevent a problem when the test report becomes invalid during the respective homologation process
  • * Certificate of Conformity under the “Sample by Product Model and Surveillance for more than one Lot” scheme, (Scheme 2) can be extended based on document examination procedure in case if test reports remain unchanged
  • * Only one sample will be required within Schemes 1 (single batch), 2 (multiple batch) and 4 (devices including modules) procedures if there are no special recommendations

The full text of the document you can find here.