G/SPS/N/MEX/233/Add.2  
 
7 April 2015  
(15-1865)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 25 March 2015, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Mexico. 
 
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 Mexican Official Standard NOM-142-SSA1/SCFI-2014 "Alcoholic beverages. Health specifications. 
Health and commercial labelling" 
On 23 March 2015, the Mexican Ministry of Health published in the Official Journal ( Diario Oficial 
de la Federación ) (http://www.dof.gob.mx ) Mexican Official Standard NOM-142-SSA1/SCFI-2014 
"Alcoholic beverages. Health specifications. Health and commercial labelling", published on 
8 March 2013.  
The notified Mexican O fficial Standard will enter into force 120 calendar days after its publication in 
the Official Journal. 
Section 9 and the subsections thereof will enter in to force 365 calendar days after the Standard's 
publication in the Official Journal for all products produced, manufactured, imported and distributed as of that date. The corresponding printing programme must therefore be planned 
accordingly. 
Subsection 3.6 will enter into force 150 calendar days after the publication of the Standard in the 
Official Journal. 
This Standard cancels Mexican Official Standard NOM-142-SSA1-1995 ("Goods and services. 
Alcoholic beverages. Health specifications. Health and commercial labelling"), published in the 
Official Journal on 9 July 1997. 
Text available at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.p hp?codigo=5386313&fecha=23/03/2015  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/MEX/15_1365_00_s.pdf  
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of  previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication, or date of entry into force 
[ ] Other:    G/SPS/N/MEX/233/Add.2 
 
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  Comment period:  (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potent ially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, norm ally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of or iginally announced final date for comments, 
the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comm ents:  [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of 
other body: 
 
Text available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail addre ss (if available) of other body: 
Dirección General de Normas 
Av. Puente de Tecamachalco 6, Piso 2 
Colonia Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes C.P. 53950, Naucalpan de Juárez, Estado de México 
Tel.:  (+52 55) 5729-9300, Ext. 43220 
E-mail:  normasomc@economia.gob.mx Website:  http://www.economia-noms.gob.mx/noms/inicio.do  
 http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.p hp?codigo=5386313&fecha=23/03/2015  
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