G/TBT/N/MEX/480  
9 November  2020 
(20-7961) Page: 1/3 
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.: 5729 9100, Ext. 13217/13264  
Email:  
César Osvaldo Orozco Arce - cesar.orozco@economia.gob.mx  
Tania Daniela Fosado Soriano - tania.fosado@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 may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Textile 
products, articles of apparel, clothing accessories and ho usehold linen (HS 61, 62 and 
63); Textile and leather technology ( ICS 59 ) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-004-SE-2020, Información comercial -Etiquetado de 
productos  textiles, prendas de vestir, sus accesorios y ropa de casa (cancelará a la NOM -
004-SCFI-2006)  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-004-SE-2020: Commercial 
information - Labelling of textile products, articles of apparel, clothing accessories and 
household linen (cancelling Mexican Official Standard NOM -004-SCFI-2006))(18 pages, 
in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes 
commercial information to be included on textile products, articles of apparel, clothing 
accessories and household linen.  
The commercial information referred to in this draft Official Mexican Standard applies  to 
textile products, articles of apparel, clothing accessories and household linen, prior to 
their entry into the coun try, which are made of textile materials (even if they contain 
plastics or other materials) and are marketed on Mexican territory.  
The labelling of textile products, articles of apparel and household linen contains five 
important pieces of information : 
1. Product manufacturer ; G/TBT/N/MEX/480  
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  2. Country of origin;  
3. Composition of fibres (content description);  
4. Care (preservation and cleaning) instructions;  
5. Apparel sizes and dimensions or measurements of household linen and textiles.  
The draft Mexican Official Standard applies to manufacturers and importers of the 
products covered by this Standard.  
It applies to textile products, articles of apparel, clothing accessories and household linen, 
whose textile composition is equal to or exceeds 50% of their mass.  
It does not apply to electric blankets, disposable diapers, sanitary napkins, swabs, wet 
wipes, toys made of textile materials, costumes, furniture, textile watch straps, badges, 
flags, zip fasteners and/or zips, buttons and buckles lined with textile material, cloths , 
oven mitts, make -up cases, disposable cleaning fibres and those intended to be used as 
packaging.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling  
8. Relevant documents:  
• 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 Standard NMX -A-2076-INNTEX -2013: Industria textil -Fibras químicas -
Nombres genéricos (Cancela a la NMX -A-099-INNTEX -2007) , whose notice of 
entry into force was published in the Official Journal on 6 November 2 014. 
• Mexican Standard NMX -A-6938-INNTEX -2013: Industria textil -Fibras naturales -
Nombres genéricos y definiciones (Cancela a la NMX -A-099-INNTEX -2007) , 
whose notice of entry into force was published in the Official Journal on 6 
November 2 014. 
• Mexican Standard NMX -A-3758-INNTEX -2014: Textiles -Código de generación de 
etiquetas de cuidado con el uso de símbolos (Cancela a la NMX -A-240-INNTEX -
2009) , whose n otice of entry into force was published in the Official Journal on 
16 August 2 017. 
• Mexican Standard MX -A-029-INNTEX -2010: Industria textil -Tejidos de calada -
Telas autoextinguibles -Especificaciones , whose notice of entry into force was 
published in the Offi cial Journal on 4 May 2 010. 
• Mexican Official Standard NOM -020-SCFI-1997: Información comercial -
Etiquetado de cueros y pieles curtidas naturales y materiales sintéticos o 
artificiales con esa apariencia, calzado, marroquinería, así como los productos 
elaborados con dichos materiales , published in the Official Journal on 2 7 April 
1998. 
• ISO 13688 :2013 Protective clothing - General requirements.  
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/480  
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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  
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.: 5729 9100, Ext. 13217/13264  
Email:  
César Osvaldo Orozco Arce - cesar.orozco@economia.gob.mx  
Tania Daniela Fosado Soriano - tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx  
https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5604299&fecha=05/11/2020