G/TBT/N/MEX/280
23 January 2015
(15-0499)  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 Salud  (Ministry of Health) 
Name and address (including telephon e 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  (National 
Advisory Committee on Standardization for the Regulation and Promotion of Health) 
Oklahoma No. 14, Colonia Nápoles Delegación Benito Juárez 
Código Postal 03810 
México, Distrito Federal Tel.: 5080 5200, Ext. 1333 
Fax: 5511 1499 
Email: rfs@cofepris.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): Inputs and 
infrastructure for the manufacture of cosmetics. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: PROY-NOM-259-
SSA1-2014, Productos y servicios. Buenas prácticas de fabricación en productos cosméticos  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-259-SSA1-2014, Products and 
services. Good manufacturing practices for cosmetic products) (17 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified text establishes the minimum requirements for good 
manufacturing practices for cosmetic products. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Standard is binding throughout Mexican territory for natural and 
legal persons involved in the manufacture of cosmetic products. 
8. Relevant documents: Modificación a la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-127-SSA1-1994, 
Salud ambiental. Agua para uso y consumo humano. Límites permisibles de calidad y 
tratamientos a que debe someterse el agua para su potabilización  (Amendment to Mexican 
Official Standard NOM-127-SSA1-1994, Envi ronmental health. Water for human use and 
consumption. Permissible limits and water purification treatment) G/TBT/N/MEX/280 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: - 
Proposed date of entry into force: 60 calendar days after the publication of the final 
Mexican Official Standard in the Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments: 14 March 2015 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy) 
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad  (Undersecretariat of Competitiveness and 
Standardization) 
Dirección General de Normas  (General Directorate of Standards) 
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43217 Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715 
Website: http://www.economia.gob.mx/comuni dad-negocios/c ompetitividad-
normatividad/normalizacion/catalogo-mexicano-de-normas  
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
Also available at: 
http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5378954&fecha=20/01/2015  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/TBT/MEX/15_0488_00_s.pdf