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19 January 2017  
(17-0351) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trad e 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 Na cional de Normalización de la Secretaría de Economía , CCONNSE 
(National Advisory Committee on Standardization of the Ministry of the Economy)  
Av. Puente de Tecamachalco número 6 
Colonia Lomas de Tecamachalco  
Sección Fuentes  
Naucalpan de Juarez , CP. 53950  
Estado de México  
Tel.: 57 29 91 00, Ext. 43259  
Fax: 55 20 97 15  
Email : jesus.salazar@economia.gob.mx  or rodrigo.beristain@economia.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):  Rice (HS 
tariff subheading 1006.10 ) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  PROY -NOM-080-
SCFI-2015, "Arroz del estado de morelos" (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-080-
SCFI-2015, Rice from the State of Morelos) (21 pages , in Spanish ) 
6. Description of cont ent: The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the 
technical requirements governing the appellation of origin "Arroz del Estado de Morelos " 
(rice from the State of Morelos ), which is owned by the Mexican State under  the Industrial 
Property L aw. This draft Standard has been issued pursuant to the requirements of 
Article  2 of the General Declaration of Protection of the Appellation of Origin " Rice from the 
State of Morelos ", published in the Mexican Official Journal on  16 February  2012, and the 
provisions of sub-paragraph XV of Article  40 of the  Federal Law on M etrology and 
Standardization . The municipalities in the State of Morelos  that are covered  by the 
appellation of origin  are listed in the Standard .  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the trade descriptions 
of the various types of rice from the State of Morelos  ("Arroz del Estado de Morelos ") 
marketed within the territory of the Unit ed Mexican States , the physico -chemical 
specifications that these products must meet in order to use such trade descriptions , the 
test methods for demo nstrating  product compliance , and the commercial information that 
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  The notified  draft Standard covers the rice varieties Morelos A -92, Morelos A -98 and 
Morelos A -2010 marketed in Mexico,  the trade descriptions of which  must be consistent 
with those established in th is draft Standard.  
8. Relevant documents:   
 Mexican Offi cial Standard NOM-030-SCFI-2006, Información comercial - Declaración de 
cantidad en la etiqueta – Especificaciones  (Commercial information - Quantity 
declarations on labels. Specifications) , published in the Mexican Official Journal on  6 
November  2006.  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1 -2010, Especificaciones generales de 
etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados . Información 
comercial y sanitaria  (General specifications for the labelling of pre -packaged food and 
non-alcoholic  beverages. Commercial and health information) , published in the Mexican 
Official Journal on 5 April 2010.  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM-106-SCFI-2000, Características de diseño y condiciones 
de uso de la contraseña official  (Design characteristics and con ditions for use of the 
official countermark) , published in the Mexican Official Journal on 2 February 2001. This 
Standard cancels Mexican Official Standard NOM-106-SCFI-2000, published on  
2 November and  11 December  2000.   
 Mexican Standard NMX-Z-012/1 -1987,  Muestreo para la inspección por atributos – 
Parte 1: Información general y aplicaciones  (Sampling for inspection by attributes - Part 
1: General information and application) . Notice of entry into force published in the 
Mexican Official Journal on  28 Octob er 1987. This Standard cancels Mexican Official 
Standard s NOM-Z-12/1-1975 and NOM -Z-12/4-1977.  
 Mexican Standard NMX-Z-012/2 -1987, Muestreo para la inspección por atributos – 
Parte 2: Métodos de muestreo, tablas y gráficas  (Sampling for inspection by attrib utes - 
Part 2: Sampling procedures, tables and graphs) . Notice of entry into force published in 
the Mexican Official Journal on 28 October  1987.  This Standard cancels Mexican Official 
Standards NOM -Z-12/2-1975 and NOM -Z-12/3-1975.  
 Mexican Standard NMX-Z-012/3-1987, Muestreo para la inspección por atributos – 
Parte 3:  Regla de cálculo para la dete rminación de planes de muestreo  (Sampling for 
inspection by attributes. Part 3: Calculation rule for determining sampling plans ). Notice 
of entry into force publish ed in the Mexican Official Journal on 31 July 1987.  This 
Standard cancels Mexican Standard NOM-Z-12/5-1980.  
 Mexican Standard NMX-F-294-SCFI-2011, Industria azucarera y alcoholera – 
Determinación de humedad en muestras de azucares cristalizados  (Sugar and alcohol 
industry. Determination of moisture in samples of  granulated sugar ). Notice of entry 
into force published in the Mexican Official Journal on 23 November  2011.  This 
Standard cancels Mexican Standard NMX -F-294-1986.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will be adopt ed 
following its publication as a final standard in the Official Journal.  
Proposed date of entry into force: The notified Standard will enter into force following 
its publication as a final standard in  the Official Journal .  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days after publication in the Official Journal  
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  
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad  
Dirección General de Normas  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 432 44 
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715  
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx   
Website: http://www.economia -noms.gob.mx/?P=144   
Text available at: 
http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5419037&fecha=07/12/2015   
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