G/TBT/N/MEX/506  
8 December  2021 
(21-9202) 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 : Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de la Secretaría de 
Economía , CCONNSE (National Advisory Committee on Standardization of the 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, Colonia Condesa, Demarcación Territorial Cuauhtémoc, 
Código Postal 06140, Ciudad de México, Mexico  
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) : "Pluma" 
coffee  
5. Title, number of  pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-255-SE-2021, Café pluma -Denominación -
Especificaciones -Información comercial y métodos de prueba  (Draft Mexican Official 
Standard PROY -NOM-255-SE-2021: "Pluma" coff ee - Trade description, Specifications, 
Commercial information and test methods). (9 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The purpose of the notified draft Mexican Official Standard is to 
establish the specifications to be met by any product known as "Pluma" coffee or which 
uses it as an ingredient, marketed in Mexico or destined for export markets ; as well as 
trade information that must be displayed on its labels and the test methods to 
demonstrate product compliance.  
7. Objective an d rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection ; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents : Contained in Article 2 . Regulatory references of  the notified 
document, which establishes the existing regulatory documents or those replacing them 
that are vital for the application of this draft Mexican Official Standard.  
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  G/TBT/N/MEX/506  
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  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,  
C.P. 53950, Ciudad de México, 06140  
Mexico  
+(52 55) 5729 91 00, Ext. 13247 or 13264  
cesar.orozco@economia.gob.mx ; tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx  
 
http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5637310&fecha=06/12/2021  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/MEX/21_7621_00_s.pdf