FAQ'S

  1. ¿What does NYCE mean?
    Normalización y Certificación Electrónica (Electronics Standarization & Certification) is a nonprofit civil association. It is a Mexican body involved in standardization and conformity assessment activities in the fields of electronics and communications and information technologies in accordance with the Federal Metrology and Standardization Law.
  2. ¿What are conformity assessment procedures?
    They are written procedures and requirements utilized to determine if a product, process, service, person, etc...is in compliance with requirements established in standards, NMX, technical regulations, NOM, specifications, etc.
  3. ¿What does product certification mean?
    Is the conformity assessment procedure by mean of which a product certification body assures by written that a product is in compliance with technical requirements and specifications and other requirements, such as product testing.
  4. ¿What does NOM mean?
    They are the initials of "mexican official standard" and means the "official mark" in México; each product in compliance with all the applicable NOM, to be sold in México must exhibit on it such initials. The characteristics and use of the official Mark can be found on NOM-106-SCFI.
  5. ¿Does México accepts test reports from other countries in order to obtain the conformity certificate?
    Nevertheless Federal Metrology and Standardization Law and their Regulation allow the acceptance of test reports from foreign countries; at the moment no Mutual  recognition Agreement has been implemented for acceptance of testing reports from foreign countries.
  6. ¿What does type testing mean?
    NYCE personnel takes one product sample, takes some actions to avoid replacement and send the product to a testing laboratory in order to determine if the product is in compliance with the applicable NOM technical requirements and specification
  7. ¿To whom do I have to submit the test report derived from the surveillance?
    Test reports derived from a surveillance visit must be submitted to the certification body personnel for analysis, such analysis has a cost.
  8. ¿Can I submit part or all the information or requirements in english or any other language?
    No, all the information must be submitted in spanish.
  9. ¿Does NYCE own testing laboratories?
    One of the NYCE policies is not to be owner of testing laboratories, their Council took such resolution to allow development of broad and solid testing facilities.