Mexico: New radio type approval label

 

Mexico has published a draft law establishing a new radio type approval label.

The law modifies the “Agreement by which the Plenary Session of the Federal Telecommunications Institute issues the Guidelines for the use of the IFT Seal on approved products, equipment, devices or apparatus intended for telecommunications or broadcasting”, published on December 26, 2023.

According to the amendment:

The IFT Seal must be printed, digitized or reproduced, in 100% positive black, 100% negative black, 100% positive gray or 100% negative gray, ensuring the greatest contrast to make it clearly visible, respecting the protection areas and dimensions minimum printing, scanning or reproduction requirements.

The IFT Seal must be legible without the aid of magnification or magnification, and easily visible to the end user, considering the minimum dimensions for printing, digitizing or reproducing.

In the physical and/or electronic marking or labeling of the approved Products, the IFT Seal must be included, in addition to the prefix “IFT” in capital letters and the Homologation Certificate number provided for in the Thirty-eighth guideline of the Homologation Guidelines.

The holder of a Certificate of Homologation and, where applicable, subsidiaries, subsidiaries and importers may use the vertical or horizontal version of the marking or labeling elements (IFT Seal, IFT prefix in capital letters and Certificate of Homologation number) on the Products. approved, respecting the minimum dimensions for printing, digitizing or reproducing the IFT Seal.

In the event that the Product is so small that it is not possible to physically display the marking or labeling on the Product or its box or packaging, nor can it be electronically displayed on the Product, it must be physically displayed in its manual as indicated the Thirty-eighth guideline of the Homologation Guidelines.

To find out more about radio compliance in Mexico, please contact the Product Compliance Institute directly.