G/TBT/N/MEX/331  
21 November 2016  
(16-6298) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  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 t he 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:  
Comité Consultivo Naci onal de Normalización de la Secretaría de Economía , CCONNSE 
(National Advisory Committee on Standardization of the Ministry of the Economy)  
Avenida Puente de Tecamachalco Número 6, Colonia Lomas de Tecamachalco  
Sección Fuentes, Naucalpan de Juárez  
Código p ostal 53950, Estado de México  
Tel.: 5729 9100, Ext. 43245  
Fax: 5520 9715  
Email : emeterio.mosso@economia.gob.mx and/or francisco.delcollado@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) : School 
scissors (tariff heading 8213.00)  
5. Title, number of pages and  language(s) of the notified document : PROY-NOM-140-
SCFI-2016, "Artículos escolares - Tijeras - Especificaciones y métodos de prueba"   
(Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-140-SCFI-2016: School supplies - Scissors - 
Specifications and test methods) (w ill cancel Mexican Official Standard NOM -140-SCFI-
1999: School supplies - Scissors - Specifications and test methods) (27 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard containing the 
requirements to be met by s chool scissors was drafted in order to ensure the safety and 
reliability of scissors used by children and adolescents of pre -school and school age . It also 
seeks to ensure that the commercial information displayed on the product and its 
packaging is clear and legible so as to guide consumers when making their purchasing 
decisions.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the safety 
specifications for scho ol-type scissors marketed in the United Mexican States, the test 
methods used to assess conformity with these specifications, and the commercial 
information to be displayed on product labels.  
This draft text applies only to scissors for children and adoles cents of pre -school and 
school age that are marketed in the United Mexican States.  G/TBT/N/MEX/331  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -008-SCFI-2002: Sistema General de Unidades de 
Medida (General system of units of measurement), published in the Offici al Journal 
on 27 November 2 002. 
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -106-SCFI-2000: Características de diseño y 
condiciones de uso de la contraseña oficial (Design characteristics and conditions for 
use of the official countermark) (cancels Mexican Official Stand ard NOM -106-SCFI-
2000, published on 2 November  and 1 1 December 2 000), published in the Official 
Journal on 2 February 2 001. 
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -050-SCFI-2004: Información comercial - Etiquetado 
general de productos  (Commercial information - Gener al product labelling), 
published in the Official Journal on 1 June 2 004. 
 Mexican Standard NMX -EC-17025 -IMNC -2006: Requisitos generales para la 
competencia de los laboratorios de ensayo y de calibración (General requirements 
for the competence of testing an d calibration laboratories) (cancels Mexican 
Standard NMX -EC-17025 -IMNC -2000), published in the Official Journal on 
24 July 2006. 
 Mexican Standard NMX -EC-17065 -IMNC -2014: Evaluación de la conformidad - 
Requisitos para organismos que certifican productos, p rocesos y servicios 
(Conformity assessment . Requirements for bodies that certify products, processes 
and services) (cancels Mexican Standard NMX -EC-065-IMNC -2000), published in the 
Official Journal on 6 June 2 014. 
 Mexican Standard NMX -Z-12/1-1987: Muestreo  para la inspección por atributos - 
Parte 1 : Información general y aplicaciones  (Sampling for inspection by attributes . 
Part 1 : General information and application), published in the Official Journal on 
28 October  1987. 
 Mexican Standard NMX -Z-12/2-1987: Muestreo para la inspección por atributos - 
Parte 2 : Métodos de muestreo, tablas y gráficas  (Sampling for inspection by 
attributes . Part 2: Sampling procedures, tables and graphs), published in the Official 
Journal on 2 8 October 1 987. 
 Mexican Standard NMX -Z-12/3-1987: Muestreo para la inspección por atributos . 
Parte 3 : Regla de cálculo para la determinación de planes de muestreo  (Sampling for 
inspection by attributes . Part 3 : Calculation rule for determining sampling plans ) 
(cancels Mexican Standard NMX -Z-12/5-1980) , published in the Official Journal on 
31 July 1 987. 
 Mexican Standard NMX -CC-9001-IMNC -2015: Sistemas de gestión de la calidad - 
Requisitos  (Quality management systems - Requirements) (cancels Mexica n 
Standard NMX -CC-9001-IMNC -2008: Quality manageme nt systems - Requirements), 
published in the Official Journal on 3 May 2 016. 
 Mexican Standard NMX -CC-19011 -IMNC -2012: Directrices para la auditoría de los 
sistemas de gestión (Guidelines for auditing management systems) (cancels Mexican 
Standard NMX -CC-SAA-19011 -IMNC -2002), published in the Official Journal on 
17 September 2 012. Mexican Official Standard NMX -EC-067-IMNC -2007: Evaluación 
de la conformidad - Elementos fundamentales de la certificación de productos  
(Conformity assessment - Fundamental elements  of product certification) , published 
in the Official Journal on 1 4 January 2 008. 
9. Proposed date of adoption : Following its publication as a final standard in the Official 
Journal.  
Proposed date of entry into force : The notified draft Mexican Official S tandard will enter 
into force 60 calendar days after its publication in the Official Journal as a final standard.  
10. Final date for comments : 60 calendar days after publication in the Official Journal.  G/TBT/N/MEX/331  
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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  
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad  
Dirección General de Normas  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43217  
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715 
Website: http://www.economia -noms.gob.mx/?P=144  
Email : normasomc@economia.gob.mx and/or sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
Text available online at: 
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5459869&fecha=04/11/2016  
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