G/TBT/N/MEX/432  
27 August  2018 
(18-5337) 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 , CCONNSE 
(National Advisory Committee on Standardization of the Ministry of the Economy ), Av. 
Puente de Tecamachalco Núm. 6 Co l. Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes, Naucalpan 
de Juárez, C.P. 53950, Estado de México ; Tel.: 57 29 91 00, Ext. 43229 and 43279 , Email : 
monica.mostalac@economia.gob.mx  and angel.torres@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) : Alcoholic 
beverages  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Procedimiento para la Evaluación de la Conformidad de la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -
199-SCFI-2017, Bebidas alcohólicas -Denominación, especificaciones fisicoquímicas, 
información comercial y métodos de prueba  (Draft Conformity Assessment Procedure for 
Mexican Official Standard NOM -199-SCFI-2017: Alcoholic beverages - Designations, 
physicochemical specifications, commercial information and test methods) (21 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The purpose of the notified draft Conformity Assessment 
Procedure is to verify compliance with Mexican Official Stan dard NOM -199-SCFI-2017 or 
any standard replacing it, and to establish the guidelines to be followed in order to comply 
with Mexican Official Standard NOM -199-SCFI-2017.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Conformity Assessment Procedure establishes the guidelines 
to be followed in order to comply with Mexican Official Standard NOM -199-SCFI-2017: 
Alcoholic beverages - Designations, physicochemical specifications, commercial information 
and test methods.  
8. Relevant documents:  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM-199-SCFI-2017, Bebidas Alcohólicas -Denominación, 
Especificaciones fisicoquímicas, información comercial y métodos de prueba , 
published in the Official Journal on 3 0 October 2 017; 
 Mexican Official Standard  NOM-142-SSA1/SCFI -2014, Bebidas Alcohólicas -G/TBT/N/MEX/432  
- 2 - 
  Especificaciones sanitarias . Etiquetado sanitario y comercial , published in the 
Official Journal on 2 3 March 2 015; 
 Mexican Standard  NMX-CC-9001-IMNC 2015, Sistemas de Gestión de la Calidad -
Requisitos, declaratoria de vigencia , published in the Mexican Official Journal on 3 
May 2 016; 
 Agreement between the European Community and the United Mexican States on 
the mutual recognition and protection of designations for spirit drinks, published in 
the Official Journal on 2 1 July 1 997 and subsequent amendments thereto.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined.  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined . The notified draft Conformity 
Assessment Procedure will enter into force 180 calend ar days following its publication in 
the Official Journal as a final conformity assessment procedure.  
10. Final date for comments : 21 October 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 for 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@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=5535552&fecha=22/08/2018  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/MEX/18_4556_00_s.pdf