G/TBT/N/MEX/258  
30 April 2013  
(13-2279)  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 Economía  (Ministry of the Economy) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail and 
website addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle 
comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if di fferent from above:  
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalizac ión de Seguridad al Usuario, Información 
Comercial y Prácticas de Comercio  (National Advisory Committee on Standardization 
for User Safety, Commercial Information and Trade Practices) Avenida Puente de Tecamachalco número 6 
Colonia Lomas de Tecamachalco 
Sección Fuentes, Naucalpan de Juárez Código postal 53950, Estado de México 
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729-9100, Ext. 43222 
Fax: (+52) 55 5520-9715 E-mail: rodrigo.arreguin@economia.gob.mx ; liliana.samperio@economia.gob.mx ; 
 salvador.franco@economia.gob.mx 
Website: " http://www.economia.gob.mx/comuni dad-negocios/c ompetitividad-
normatividad/normalizacion " 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2. 10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ],  5.7.1 [ ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN wher e applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided  in addition, where applicable): Electronic, 
electrical and home electrical appliances 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-024-SCFI-2013, Información comercial para 
empaques, instructivos y garantías de los productos electrónicos, eléctricos y 
electrodomésticos (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-024-SCFI-2013: 
Commercial information to be displayed on the packaging of and included in the 
instructions and guarantees for electronic, electrical and home electrical appliances) 
(6 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft Standard establishes the requirements 
concerning the commercial information to be displayed on the packaging of and included in the instructions and guarantees for electronic, electrical and home electrical 
appliances, as well as their accessories and consumables, intended for the final consumer 
and marketed in the territory of the United Mexican States. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer protection G/TBT/N/MEX/258 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
- 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), published in the Mexican Official Journal on 27 November 2002; 
- G/TBT/Notif.98/212/Add.6; - G/TBT/Notif.98/212/Add.5; 
- G/TBT/Notif.98/212/Add.4; 
- G/TBT/Notif.98/212/Add.3; - G/TBT/Notif.98/212/Add.2; 
- G/TBT/Notif.98/212/Add.1; 
- G/TBT/Notif.98/212. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Not applicable. 
60 days after the publication of the 
final Mexican Official Standard in the 
Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments: 21 June 2013 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresse s, 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 E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx ; jesus.figueroa@economia.gob.mx  
Website: " http://www.economia.gob.mx/comuni dad-negocios/c ompetitividad-
normatividad/normalizacion/catalogo-mexicano-de-normas " 
Text available online at: 
http://www.dof.gob.mx/index.p hp?year=2013&month=04&day=23 
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