ENACOM Delays New Certificates in Argentina

The issuance of new ENACOM certificates is currently on hold in Argentina. The temporary delay is occurring at the final (or signature) step of type approval.

The reason: the agency’s director, who must sign all certificates, reportedly went on vacation without delegating the signing authority to someone else during the absence.

ENACOM — Argentina’s regulatory approval body for electrical and electronic equipment — is expected to appoint someone else soon with signatory authority.

How This Affects Your Product Approval

Delays in certification are expected for the next 2-3 weeks until things are back to normal at ENACOM.

In the meantime, please be aware that this unusual development does not effect the testing or technical review stages of the process, only the final signature stage.

As always, please contact us with any and all questions about ENACOM, or any part of the product certification process in Argentina and throughout Latin America. And don’t worry — none of us ever goes on a trip without first arranging backup in the home office.

Mexico to Require Tariff Codes on All NOM Safety Certificates

As of June 30, 2019, the Mexican government requires that a product’s tariff code (its “fracción arancelaria”) be displayed on its NOM-001, NOM-003, or NOM-019 safety certificate. (The tariff code is also sometimes referred to as the “HS code,” “HTS code,” or “harmonized code.”)

Until now a product’s tariff/harmonized/HS/HTS code was not printed on the NOM certificate; the code was just included in the underlying application paperwork.

Of Mexico’s two certificate-issuing agencies, NYCE already includes the code on the new certificates it issues. The other agency, ANCE, will start adding the code to its new certificates by the end of May.

If your product’s NOM certificate does not feature the product’s tariff code, you will need to request an updated certificate by June 30; the new cert must be obtained within 90 days of requested date.

This is a new development (first communicated by the agencies on May 2). We are working with NYCE and ANCE to get updated certificates for our clients as soon as possible, subject to the agencies’ workload.

Contact LARCG if you think you have NOM-001, NOM-003, or NOM-019 safety certificates that will be invalid because of missing tariff code, or other reason. We can help with this issue, or any other regarding Latin America certification.

Argentina Allocates the 401MHz to 406 MHz Band for SRMED

Argentina Allocates the 401MHz to 406 MHz Band for SRMED

ENACOM Resolution 4479-E/2017 was released today in Argentina. This new standard for medical devices allocates the frequency band from 401 to 406 MHz for Radiocommunications System for Medical Use (SRMED). The attribution of frequency bands of low power devices operating in the bands of 401 MHz to 406 MHz established by Resolution 67/2012 remain unchanged. If you want to know more about how to approve your product in Argentina and other Latin American countries, LARCG can help you. Contact Us for more information.

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