G/TBT/N/MEX/414  
12 June 2018 
(18-3632) 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 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 Nacional de Normalización de la Secretaría de Economía  (National 
Advisory Committee on Standardization of the Ministry of the Economy)  
Av. Puente de Tecamachalco No. 6 
Col. Lomas de  Tecamachalco, Secci ón Fuentes, Naucalpan de Juárez  
C.P. 53950, Estado de México  
Tel.: 57 29 91 00, Ext. 43245  
Fax: 55 20 97 15  
Email:  daniel.gonzalezs@economia.gob.mx  and emeterio.mosso@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) : Cooking 
utensils with a non -stick coatin g that contain the following base materials (substrata) : 
aluminium, steel, stainless steel, iron, ceramics, glass, or any other material deriving from 
these bas e materials.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-225-SCFI-2017, Seguridad de artículos de uso 
doméstico - Utensilios con recubrimiento antiadherente para la cocción de alimentos - 
Especificaciones y métodos de prueba  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-225-
SCFI-2017, Safety of items used in the home - Cooking utensils with a non -stick coating - 
Specifications and test methods) (20 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of conten t: The notified Mexican Official Standard sets out the safety 
specifications and test methods for utensils with a non -stick coating used in food  
preparation (cooking, frying or heating up food).  
Items with a non -stick coating that are not used principally to cook, fry or heat up food are 
excluded from the scope of this draft Standard.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard sets out the minimum safety 
specifications and test methods for utensils with a non -stick coating that come into direct 
contact with food when used in food preparation ( cooking, frying or heating up food ). It 
covers all such utensils marketed in the United Mexican States . The purpose of the 
Standar d is to ensure consumer safety.  G/TBT/N/MEX/414  
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  8. Relevant documents : Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -008-SCFI-2002, Sistema General de 
Unidades de Medida  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -008-SCFI-2002: General system of 
units of measurement), published in the Official Journal  on 27 November 2 002.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined . 
Proposed date of entry into force : The notified Mexican Official Standard will enter into 
force 180 calendar days after its publication in the Official Journal as a final standard.  
10. Final date for comments : 6 August 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  (Directorate -General 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@eco nomia.gob.mx  / sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  / 
jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
 
Text available from:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5525394&fecha=07/06/2018  
 
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