G/TBT/N/MEX/413  
12 June 2018 
(18-3631) Page: 1/3 
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 Economía  (Ministry of the 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 Nacional de Normalización de la Secretaría de Economía  (National 
Advisory Committee on Standardization of the Ministry of the Economy)  
Av. Puente de Tecamachalco No. 6 
Col. Lomas d e Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes  
Naucalpan de Juáre z, C.P. 53950, Estado de México  
Tel.: 57 29 91 00, Ext. 43279 and 43230  
Fax: 55 20 97 15  
Email: angel.torres@economia.gob.mx , isaac.aldana@economia.gob.mx   
(Comments may be submitted to this authority for consideration under the terms of the 
relevant law)  
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) : - 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-216-SCFI-2017, Prácticas comerciales - Servicios de 
evaluación de la conformidad - Requisitos  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-216-
SCFI-2017, Trade practices - Conformity assessment services - Requirements) (7 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard is binding throughout 
Mexican territory . It applies to all natural and legal persons conducting conformity 
assessment activities (conformity assessment bodies) on the basis of Mexican Official 
Standa rds, Mexican Standards, Technical Regulations and General Administrative 
Provisions that are issued by centralized government departments, semi -public 
administration bodies and national standardization bodies in accordance with the Federal 
Law on Metrology  and Standardization, its implementing regulations and the relevant 
applicable legislation.  
Where appropriate, conformity assessment bodies will become accredited and approved 
entities upon compliance with the provisions of the Federal Law on Metrology and  
Standardization, the implementing regulations to that Law and the notified draft Mexican 
Official Standard.  G/TBT/N/MEX/413  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard seeks to establish the 
requirements that will govern the provision of conformity assessment services, as well as 
the conditions regarding impartiality, independence, integrity, confidentiality and the 
resolution of any eventual disputes arising from such activities . 
8. Relevant documents:  
 Mexican Standard NMX -EC-17020 -IMNC -2014: Evaluación de la conformidad - 
Requisitos para el funcionamiento de diferentes tipos de unidades (organismos) 
que realizan la verificación (inspección)  (Conformity assessment - Requirements 
for the operation of various types of units (bodies) performing verification 
(inspection)) . Notice of entry into force published in the Official Journal on 6 June 
2014. 
 Mexican Standard NMX -EC-17024 -IMNC -2014: Evaluación de la conformidad - 
Requisitos generales para los organismos que realizan certificación de personas  
(Conformity assessment - General requirements for bodies that certify persons) . 
Notice of entry into force published in the Official Journal on 6 June 2 014. 
 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 and calibration laboratories) . Notice of entry into 
force published in the Official Journal on 24 July 2 006. 
 Mexican Standard NMX -EC-17065 -IMNC -2014: Evaluación de la conformidad - 
Requisitos para organismos que certifican productos, procesos y servicios  
(Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies that certify products, processes 
and services) . Notice of entry into force published in the Official Journal on 6 June 
2014. 
 ISO/IEC 17021 -1:2015 : Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies 
providing audit and certification of management systems - Part 1:  Requirements.  
 Mexican Standard NMX -I-27006 -NYCE -2015: Tecnologías de la información  - 
Técnicas de seguridad - Requisitos para los organismos que realizan auditorías y 
certificaciones de los sistemas de gestión de la seguridad de la información  
(Information technology - Security techniques - Requir ements for bodies providing 
audit and certification of information security management systems)  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will enter 
into force 60 calendar day s following its publication in the Official Journal as a final 
standard.  
10. Final date for comments : 5 August 2 018 G/TBT/N/MEX/413  
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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  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad (Under -Secretariat of Competitiveness 
and Standardization)  
Dirección General de Normas  (Directorate -General 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 from:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5525255&fecha=06/06/2018  
 
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