G/TBT/N/MEX/399  
13 March  2018 
(18-1499) 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) : N/A 
2. Agency responsible : Secretaría de Salud  (Ministry of Health)  
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:  
Technically substantiated comments may be submitted in writing, in electronic form and in 
Spanish, to the National Advisory Committee on Standardization for the Regulation and 
Promotion of Health.  Oklahoma númer o 14, planta baja, colonia Nápoles, código postal 
03810, Ciudad de México, Tel. : 50805200, Ext. 1333, Email: rfs@cofepris.gob.mx . 
The documents that were used as a basis for the development of the draft text and the 
regulatory impact assessment will be made available to the general public at the premises 
of the above -mentioned Committee, and in the electronic portal for regulatory impact 
assessments at www.cofemermir.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) : Hygiene 
products  (irrespective of t heir physical state ), substances intended for the washing or 
cleaning of objects, surfaces or buildings , and substances that release a specific fragrance 
into the air . These products include soaps, detergents, cleaners, whiteners, starches for 
external use , stain -removers, disinfectants, deodorisers and air fresheners, and other 
similar products determined by the Ministry of Health.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-189-SSA1/SCFI -2016, Productos y servicios . 
Etiquetado y envasado para productos de aseo de uso doméstico  (Draft Mexican Official 
Standard PROY -NOM-189-SSA1/SCFI -2016, Products and service s. Labelling and 
packaging for hygiene products for household use) (11 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Official Mexican Standard is binding throughout 
Mexican territory on natural and legal persons engaged in the processing o r importation of 
hygiene products for household  use. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Official Mexican Standard establishes the requirements for 
health and commercial information for the labelling of hygiene products for household use 
to provide better customer choice, as well as the health characteristics for their packaging , 
in order to prevent their use from posing a risk to health.  G/TBT/N/MEX/399  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -002-SCFI-2011, Productos preenvasados -Contenido 
neto-Tolerancias y métodos de verificación  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -002-
SCFI-2011: Pre-packaged products - Net content - Tolerances and verification 
methods);  
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -008-SCFI-2002, Sistema General de Unidades de 
Medida  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -008-SCFI-2002: General system of units of 
measurement);  
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -030-SCFI-2006, Información comercial -Declaración 
de cantidad en la etiqueta -Especificaciones  (Mexican Of ficial Standard NOM -030-
SECRE -2006: Trade information - Quantity declarations on labels . Specifications)  
9. Proposed date of adoption : Not determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will enter 
into force three months after its publication as a final standard in the Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments : 7 May 2 018 
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if availab le, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad (Under -Secretariat of Competitiveness 
and Standardization)  
Dirección General de Normas  (General Directorate of Standards)  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729  9100, Ext. 43244  
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715  
Website:  
http://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad -negocios/normalizacion/catalogo -mexicano -de-
normas  
Email:  
normasomc@economia.gob.mx /sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx /jose.ramosr@economia.
gob.mx  
Text available at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5515390&fecha=07/03/2018  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/MEX/18_1285_00_s.pdf