G/TBT/N/MEX/495  
20 April 2021 
(21-3342) 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 : Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios , 
COFEPRIS (Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to h andle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Calle Pachuca número 189, pisos 7 y 12, Colonia Condesa, Demarcación Territorial 
Cuauhtémoc, Código Postal 06140, Ciudad de México  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 13217/13264  
Email:  
 César Osvaldo Orozco Arce: cesar.orozco@economia.gob.mx  
 Tania Daniela Fosado Soriano: tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx  
 José César Ramos: jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [X], 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) : Nutritional 
and medicinal sterile mixtures  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : MODIFICACIÓN 
de Emergencia de la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -249-SSA1 -2010, Mezclas estériles : 
nutricionales y medicamentosas, e instalaciones para su preparación, publicada el 4 de 
marzo de 2011 (Emergency amendment of Mexican Official Standard NOM -249-SSA1 -
2010, Nutritional and medicinal sterile mixtures, and equipment for  the preparation 
thereof, published on 4 March 2 011) (5 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : In order to continue to ensure the supply of medicines for 
persons vulnerable to the serious priority disease caused by the SARS -CoV-2 (COVID -
19), it is necessary to make an emergency amendment to Mexican Official Standard NOM -
249-SSA1 -2010, Nutritional and medicinal sterile mixtures, and equipment for the 
preparation thereof, which facilitate the treatment and rehabilitation of patients, thus 
preventing a n increase in and mitigating the high percentage of vulnerability to SARS -
CoV-2 virus (COVID -19) infection for this sensitive part of the population.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human  health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
NOM-249-SSA1 -2010, Mezclas estériles : nutricionales y medicamentosas, e instalaciones 
para su preparación , published on 4 March 2 011 G/TBT/N/MEX/495  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption 19 April 2 021 
Proposed date of entry into force : 19 April 2 021 
10. Final date for comments : Not applicable  
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 Industria, Comercio y Competitividad  (Under -Secretariat of Industry, 
Trade and Competitiveness)  
Dirección General de Normas (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Contact person:  César Osvaldo Orozco Arce  
Pachuca 189 , Colonia Condesa,  
Demarcación territorial Cuauhtémoc,  
Ciudad de México, 06140  
C.P. 53950  
(+52 55) 5729 91 00 ; ext. 13247 ; ext. 13264  
cesar.orozco@economia.gob.mx ; tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx  
https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5616193&fecha=19/04/2021  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/MEX/21_2849_00_s.pdf