G/TBT/N/MEX/269  
3 March 2014  
(14-1277)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Secretaría de Salud  (Ministry of Health) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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 Nacional de Normalización de Regulación y Fomento Sanitario  (National 
Advisory Committee on Standardization for the Regulation and Promotion of Health), 
Oklahoma número 14, planta baja, colonia Nápoles, código postal 03810, México, D.F. Tel.: 50-80-52-00, Ext. 1333; Fax: 55-11-14-99; Email: rfs@cofepris.gob.mx ; Website: 
http://www.cofepris.gob.m x/MJ/Paginas/Normas-Of iciales-Mexicanas.aspx  
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): Water and 
ice (ICS 07.100.20 and 13.060.70) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-201-SSA1-20 13, Productos y servicios. Agua y hielo 
para consumo humano, envasados y a granel. Especificaciones  (Draft Mexican Official 
Standard PROY-NOM-201-SSA1-2013: Products and services. Water and ice for human 
consumption, packaged and in bulk. Sanitary specifications) (114 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified text establishes the characteristics of and sanitary 
specifications for water and ice for human consumption marketed in pre-packaged form or in bulk, and establishments engaged in  the processing or importation of these 
products. 
It is binding throughout Mexican territory on natural and legal persons engaged in the 
processing or importation of these products. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer protection G/TBT/N/MEX/269 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
- NOM-008-SCFI-2002, Sistema general de unidades de medida  (Mexican Official 
Standard NOM-008-SCFI-2002: General system of units of measurement); 
- NOM-026-STPS-2008, Colores y señales de seguridad e higiene, e identificación de 
riesgos por fluidos conducidos en tuberías  (Mexican Official Standard NOM-026-
STPS-2008: Signs and colours for safety and health, and identification of risk of 
accidents by fluids conducted in pipes); 
-     Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010, Especificaciones generales de 
etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados - Información comercial y sanitaria  (Mexican Official Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010: 
General specifications for the labelling of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages - Commercial and health information); 
- NOM-251-SSA1-2009, Prácticas de higiene para el proceso de alimentos, bebidas o 
suplementos alimenticios  (Mexican Official Standard NOM-251-SSA1-2009: 
Hygiene practices for the processing of foods, drinks and dietary supplements); 
- CODEX STAN 108-1981: Revisions 1997, 2008; 
- G/TBT/N/MEX/8; 
- G/TBT/N/MEX/8/Add.1.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Not applicable. 
60 calendar days after the publication of 
the final Mexican Official Standard in the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments: 14 April 2014 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía 
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad 
Dirección General de Normas Tel.: (+52) 55 5229 6100, Ext. 43217 
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715 
Website: http://www.economia.gob.mx/comuni dad-negocios/c ompetitividad-
normatividad/normalizacion/catalogo-mexicano-de-normas 
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or jesus.figueroa@economia.gob.mx  
Text available online at: 
http://www.dof.gob.mx/index.p hp?year=2014&month=02&day=12 
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