G/TBT/N/MEX/464  
20 April 2020 
(20-3112) 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)  
Dirección General de Normas  (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regardi ng the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Calle Pachuca número 189, pisos 7 y 12, Colonia Condesa, Demarcación Territorial 
Cuauhtémoc, Código Postal 06140, Ciudad de México, Mexico  
Tel.: (+52) 5729 9100, Ext. 13217/13264  
Email:  
César Osvaldo Orozco Arce - cesar.orozco@economia.gob.mx  
Tania Daniela Fosado Soriano - tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx  
José César Ramos - jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
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 ma y be provided in addition, where applicable) : Tuna, 
bonito and pre -packaged preparations thereof  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-235-SE-2019, Atún, bonita y preparados 
preenva sados -Denominación -Información comercial y métodos de prueba (Draft Mexican 
Official Standard PROY -NOM-235-SE-2019: "Tuna, bonito and pre -packaged preparations 
thereof - Description - Commercial information and test methods") (11 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard provides a 
description of tuna, bonito and pre -packaged preparations thereof , as well as commercial 
information and test methods for products of this description marketed in Mexico.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protect ion 
8. Relevant documents:  
• Mexican Official Standard NOM -002-SCFI-2011: Productos preenvasados -
Contenido neto -Tolerancias y métodos de verificación , published in the Official 
Journal on 1 0 August 2 012 G/TBT/N/MEX/464  
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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 
• Mexican Official Standard NOM -030-SCFI-2006: Información comercial -
Declaración de cantidad en la etiqueta -Especificaciones , published in the Official 
Journal on 6 November 2 006 
• Mexican Official Standard NOM -051-SCFI/SSA1 -2010: Especificaciones generales 
de etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados -Información 
comercial y sanitaria , published in the Official Journal on 5 April 2 010 
• Mexican Standa rd NMX -F-315-1978: Determinación de la masa drenada o 
escurrida en alimentos envasados , notice of entry into force published in the 
Official Journal on 2 3 February 1 978 
•  Acuerdo por el que se determinan los aditivos y coadyuvantes en alimentos, 
bebidas y s uplementos alimenticios, su uso y disposiciones sanitarias,  published 
in the Official Journal on 1 6 July 2 012, and amendments thereto  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 22 May 2 020 
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  
Dirección General de Normas  
Calle Pachuca número  189, pisos 7 y 12, Colonia Condesa, Demarcación Territorial 
Cuauhtémoc, Código Postal 06140, Ciudad de México, Mexico  
Tel.: (+52) 5729 9100, Ext. 13217/13264  
Email:  
César Osvaldo Orozco Arce - cesar.oroz co@economia.gob.mx  
Tania Daniela Fosado Soriano - tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx  
José César Ramos - jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad -negocios/normalizacion/catalogo -
mexicano -de-normas  
https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5590084&fecha=23/03/2020  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/MEX/20_2765_00_s.pdf