G/TBT/N/MEX/398  
13 March  2018 
(18-1498) 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 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 , CCONNSE 
(National Advisory Committee on Standardization of the Ministry of the Economy) Av . Av. 
Puente de Tecamachalco No. 6 Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes Naucalpan 
de Juárez, C.P. 53950 Estado de México Tel. : 57 29 61 00, Ext. : 43219 and 43235 , Email: 
claudia.sama@economia.gob.mx  and consultapublica@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) : 
Telecommunications terminal equipment  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-184-SCFI-2017, Elementos normativos y obligaciones 
específicas que deben observar los proveedores para la comercialización y/o prestación de 
los servicios de telecomunicaciones cuando utilicen una red pública de telecomunicaciones 
(Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-184-SCFI-2017: Regulatory elements and 
specific obligati ons to be observed by providers for the marketing and/or provision of 
telecommunications services using a public telecommunications network) (cancels Mexican 
Official Standard NOM -184-SCFI-2012) (23 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notif ied draft Mexican Official Standard is binding on all 
natural and legal persons engaged directly or indirectly in the marketing or provision of 
telecommunications services and/or equipment to consumers in the Mexican Republic.  
For the purpose of the notifi ed draft Mexican Official Standard, networks used to provide 
broadcasting services are not considered as telecommunications networks.  
Providers shall not use standard form contracts:  
(a) when participating in procurement processes with public entities, for  the provision of 
their telecommunications services;  
(b) when their clients fall outside the definition of consumer under the Federal Consumer 
Protection Law ; and 
(c) when wholesale services are contracted (the exemption only applies to these services).  G/TBT/N/MEX/398  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the regulatory 
elements and specific requirements with which telecommunications service provide must 
comply in the  marketing and/or provision of telecommunications services, as well as the 
minimum requirements to be contained by standard form contracts for the provision of 
telecommunication services, which are used by providers of telecommunications services in 
their trade relations with consumers . It seeks to ensure that the rights of consumers are 
effectively protected, and that consumers may obtain adequate information so as to take 
decisions that are best suited to their interests . Importers, marketers and manufact urers 
of telecommunications terminal equipment  must all comply with the provisions established 
in Chapter 11 of the notified draft Mexican Official Standard.  
8. Relevant documents : -  
9. Proposed date of adoption : Not determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : 60 calendar days after publication in the Official 
Journal as a final standard  
10. Final date for comments : 6 May 2 018 (60 calendar days)  
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 at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5515364&fecha=0 7/03/2018  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/MEX/18_1284_00_s.pdf