G/TBT/N/MEX/409  
8 May 2018 
(18-2804) 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):   
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 Prevención y Control de Enfermedades ; Domicilio  (National 
Advisory Committee on Standardization for Disease Prevention and Control):Lieja No. 7, 
primer piso, Colonia Juárez, Delegaci ón Cuauhtémoc, Código Postal 06600, Ciudad de 
México, Tel. : and Fax : 55-53-70-56, Email: pablo.kuri@salud.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 [ ], 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) : Some 
medicines for the treatment and control of diabetes mellitus  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-015-SSA2 -2018, Para la prevención, detección, 
diagnóstico, tratamiento y control de la diabetes mellitus (Draft Mexican Official Standard 
PROY -NOM-015-SSA2 -2018, Prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment and control of 
diabetes mellitus) (52 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard is binding for 
establishments and professionals in the national health system, which provide medical care 
to patients with diabetes mellitus.  
7. Objective and rationale, including th e nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard seeks to establish the criteria for 
the prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment and control of diabetes mellitus and related 
complications, for the purpose of re ducing mortality and morbidity, and increasing the 
quality of life and life expectancy of the population.  
8. Relevant documents:  
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -004-SSA3 -2012, Del expediente clínico (Mexican 
Official Standard NOM -004-SSA3 -2012, Medical records);  
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -006-SSA2 -2013. Para la prevención y control de la 
tuberculosis  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -006-SSA2 -2013, Prevention and 
control of tuberculosis);  
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -008-SSA3 -2010, Para el tratamiento integra l del 
sobrepeso y la obesidad  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -008-SSA3 -2010, G/TBT/N/MEX/409  
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  Comprehensive treatment of overweight and obesity)  
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -013-SSA2 -2015, Para la prevención y control de 
enfermedades bucales  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -013-SSA2 -2015, Prevention 
and control of oral diseases);  
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -017-SSA2 -2012, Para la vigilancia epidemiológica  
(Mexican Official Standard NOM -017-SSA2 -2012, Epidemiological surveillance) ; 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -028-SSA2 -2009, Para la  prevención, tratamiento y 
control de las adicciones  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -028-SSA2 -2009, 
Prevention, treatment and control of addictions) ; 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -030-SSA2 -2009, Para la prevención, detección, 
diagnóstico, tratamiento y control  de la hipertensión arterial sistémica  (Mexican 
Official Standard NOM -030-SSA2 -2009, Prevention, detection, treatment and 
control of systemic arterial hypertension) ; 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -035-SSA3 -2012, En materia de información en salud  
(Mexican Offi cial Standard NOM -035-SSA3 -2012, Health information)  
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -037-SSA2 -2012, Para la prevención, tratamiento y 
control de las dislipidemias  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -037-SSA2 -2012, 
Prevention, treatment and control of dyslipidemia)  
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -043-SSA2 -2012, Servicios básicos de salud, 
Promoción y educación para la salud en materia alimentaria . Criterios para brindar 
orientación (Mexican Official Standard NOM -043-SSA2 -2012, Basic health services . 
Food safety promotion and education . Criteria for the provision of guidance ); 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -086-SSA1 -1994, Bienes y Servicios . Alimentos y 
bebidas no alcohólicas con modificaciones en su composición . Especificaciones 
nutrimentales  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -086-SSA1 -1994: Goods and 
services . Foodstuffs and non -alcoholic beverages, the composition of which has 
been modified . Nutritional specifications) . 
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : On the day following its publication in the Official 
Journal  
10. Final date for comments : 2 July 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=5521405&fecha=03/05/2018  
 
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