G/TBT/N/MEX/501  
23 September  2021 
(21-7103) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : MEXICO  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Calle Pachuca número 189, piso 7, colonia Condesa, demarcación territorial Cuauhtémoc, 
C.P. 06140, Ciudad de México, Mexico  
Tel.: 55 52 29 91 00, Ext. 13243  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Olinalá 
wooden craft products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : PROYECTO de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-243-SE-2020, Olinalá -Especificaciones  (Draft Mexican 
Official Standard PROY -NOM-243-SE-2020: Olinalá - Specifications ) (8 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard lays down the 
requirements and processes that must be respected for all Olinalá wooden craft products, 
which are manufactured with raw materials from the municipality of Olinalá, in the State 
of Guerrero, as stipulated in the appellation of origin.  
The notified draf t Mexican Official Standard applies to Olinalá wooden craft products made 
within the geographical area of the municipality of Olinalá - located northwest of 
Chilpancingo, in the State of Guerrero, between latitudes 17° 43 ' and 18° 4 ' N and at a 
longitude of 98° 39 ' W, bordered on the north by the State of Puebla, on the south by the 
municipality of Cualac, on the west by the municipalities of Ahuacuotzingo and Copalillo , 
and on the east by the municipality of Huamuxtitlán, all in the State of Guerrero - and 
manufactured with raw materials from the municipality of Olinalá, such as linaloe wood 
bark and ground earthen pigments.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:  
The following existing regulatory instruments , or those replacing them, are indispensable 
for the implementation of the notified draft Mexican Official Standard:  
- Mexican Official Standard NOM -050-SCFI-2004: Información comercial - Etiquetado 
general de productos , published in the Official Journal on 1 June 2 004 G/TBT/N/MEX/501  
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  - Mexican Official Standard NOM -008-SCFI-2002: Sistema General de Unidades de 
Medida , published in the Official Journal on 2 7 November 2 002 
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Subsecretaría de Industria, Comercio y Competitividad  (Under -Secretariat of Industry, 
Trade and Competitiveness)  
Dirección General de Normas (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Contact person : César Osvaldo Orozco Arce  
Pachuca 189, Colonia Condesa,  
Demarcación territorial Cuauhtémoc,  
Ciudad de México, 06140  
C.P. 53950  
+(52 55 ) 5729 91 00, Ext. 13247 o r 13264  
cesar.orozco@economia.gob.mx ; tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx  
https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5630351&fecha=21/09/2021  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/MEX/21_6075_00_s.pdf