G/TBT/N/MEX/322  
26 September 2016  
(16-5102) 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 Agricultura, Ganadería,  Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y 
Alimentación , SAGARPA (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries 
and Food)  
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:  
Subcomité Especializado en Ganadería  (Livestock Subcommittee)  
Av. Municipio Libre 377  
Col. Santa Cruz Atoyac  
Del. Benito Juarez  
Ciudad de México, C.P. 03310  
Email: rvazquez.dgg@sagarpa.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) : Propolis 
(heading 1702)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : PROY-NOM-003-
SAG/GAN -2016, Propóleos, producción y especificaciones para su procesamiento  (Draft 
Mexican Official Sta ndard PROY -NOM-003-SAG/GAN -2016: Specifications for propolis 
production and processing) (10 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Standard applies to livestock units engaged in the 
production, importation, packaging and storage of pr opolis and propolis extracts, with a 
view to the distribution and marketing thereof in national territory . Implementation of the 
provisions of this Standard falls to the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural 
Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA), t hrough the General Coordinating Agency for 
Livestock, as well as the delegations of SAGARPA within their respective powers and 
territories.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : This Standard is mandatory t hroughout national territory and establishes the 
production specifications and physical, chemical and microbiological characteristics to be 
met by propolis and propolis extracts that are to be processed and marketed in Mexico.  
8. Relevant documents:  
 Norma  Oficial Mexicana  NOM-008-SCFI-1993, Sistema General de Unidades de 
Medida  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -008-SCFI-1993: General system of units of 
measurement), published in the Official Journal on 1 4 October 1 993. G/TBT/N/MEX/322  
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   Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -030-SCFI-1993, Información comercial - Declaración 
de cantidad en la etiqueta - Especificaciones  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -030-
SCFI-1993: Trade information - Quantity declaration on the label - Specifications), 
published in the Official Journal on 2 9 October 1 993. 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -051-SCFI-1994, Especificaciones generales de 
etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas pre -envasados (Mexican Official 
Standard NOM -051-SCFI-1994: General specifications for the labelling of pre -
packaged food and non -alcoholic beverages), published in the Mexican Official 
Journal on 2 4 January 1 996. 
9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : 60 calendar days after the publication of the final 
Mexican Official Standard in the Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments : - 
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 Competi tividad y Normatividad  (Under -Secretariat of Competitiveness 
and Standardization)  
Dirección General de Normas  (General Directorate of Standards)  
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://d of.gob.mx/normasOficiales.php?codp=6130&view=si#  
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