G/TBT/N/MEX/404  
25 April 2 018 
(18-2610) 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:  
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de Regulación y Fomento Sanitario  (Advisory 
Committee on Standardization for the Regulation and Promotion of Health) at Oklahoma 
número 14 planta baja, colonia Nápoles , código postal 03810, México, D.F., 
Tel.: 50805200, Ext. 1333 Email: rfs@cofepris.gob.mx  
Technically substantiated comments may be submitted in writing, in electronic form and in 
Spanish.  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 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, 
national tariff heading 2201 9001 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Draft Mexican 
Official Standard  PROY -NOM-179-SSA1 -2017, Agua para uso y consumo humano  (Water 
for human use and consumption) . Monitoring the quality of water supplied through the 
water supply systems (6 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified standard is binding throughout Mexican territory for 
all bodies responsible for the systems of water supply for human use and consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, includ ing the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : This standard establishes the sanitary provisions to be met by the responsible 
bodies in order to maintain the quality of water for human use and consumption in the 
water supply systems.  
8. Relevant documents:  
 Amendment to Mexican Official Standard NOM -127-SSA1 -1994, Salud Ambiental . 
Agua para uso y consumo humano . Límites permisibles de calidad del agua y 
tratamientos a que debe someterse el agua para su potabilización.  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -230-SSA1 -2002,  Salud ambiental . Agua para uso y 
consumo humano . Requisitos sanitarios que se deben cumplir en los sistemas de 
abastecimiento públicos y privados durante el manejo del agua . Procedimientos 
sanitarios para el muestreo.  G/TBT/N/MEX/404  
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  9. Proposed date of ad option : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : 360 calendar days after publication in the Diario 
Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal)  
10. Final date for comments : 23 June 2 018 
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  (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 from:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5520496&fecha=24/04/2018  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/MEX/18_2229_00_s.pdf