Mexico and Australia release latest LED-related standards

Mexican electronic products and microwave ovens must comply with relevant energy efficiency standards: 　　1) The newly released NOM-032-ENER-2013 energy efficiency standard for electronic products and microwave ovens will be enforced from September 20, 2014. 　 This Mexican standard applies to the following electrical and electronic equipment: Digital television adapters, decoders for television signals received via cable, satellite and Internet Protocol (IP) images, such as printers, scanners, copying equipment, photocopiers and multifunctions, microwave ovens, separate or non-separable stand-alone devices, audio sound functions, video playback or DVD home theater or digital disco high definition (Blu-ray), televisions with light-emitting diodes (LED), liquid crystal displays (LCD), plasma displays (PDP) and organic light-emitting diodes (OLED), single-phase power supply voltage of 100 volts to 277 volts AC, 50 Hz or 60 Hz. The production or import of these products requires labeling. 　　2) The power tool standard NMX-J-524/1-ANCE will be revised, and the new standard will be enforced from November 16, 2014. 　　Australia has released the following new standards: 　　1) AS/NZS IEC 61347.2.13 and AS/NZS IEC 62560 have been released. 　2) LED lamps, AS/NZS 60598.2.1 Revision A has been published. 　　3) The new version of AS/NZS 3105 has been released on April 28, 2014.