. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/122 
13 March 2007 
 (07-1059) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  MEXICO
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Secretaría de Economía , SE (Ministry of the Economy) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and web site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
Comments received at: 
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalizac ión de Seguridad al Usuario, Información 
Comercial y Prácticas de Comercio  (National Advisory Committee on Standardization for 
user safety, commercial information and trade practices)  
Avenida Puente de Tecamachalco número 6 
Colonia Lomas de Tecamachalco Sección Fuentes Naucalpan de Juárez Código postal 53950 Estado de México  
 
Tel.:  (+52) 55 5729-9300, ext. 43222 
Fax: (+52) 55 5520-9715  E-mail: rgamon@economia.gob.mx  francos@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):   All toys marketed in the 
territory of the United Mexican States, irrespec tive of the materials of which they are made 
and including those operated by cells, batteries and/or any other power supply.  This draft 
Mexican Official Standard does not apply to  replica firearms, which are regulated by 
Mexican Official Standard NOM-161-SCFI-2003. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de Norma 
Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-015-SCFI-2004, In formación commercial – Etiquetado para 
juguetes (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-015-SCFI-2004:  Commercial 
information – Labelling of toys) (18 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/MEX/122 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Mexican Official Standard lays down 
requirements concerning the mandatory content and other characteristics of the commercial information to be displayed on toys.  Such information must be truthful and must describe and present the toys without misleading or d eceiving the consumer with regard to their 
nature or characteristics;  compliance with the Federal Law on Consumer Protection is 
required in all instances. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:    
 To establish the commercial information that must be displayed on toys marketed in 
Mexican territory. 
8. Relevant documents:   Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 9 February 2007 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not applicable 
10. Final date for comments:   10 April 2007 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and web site addresses, if available, of other body:    
General Directorate of Standards: 
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729-9300, Ext. 43245  
Fax: (+52) 55 5520-9715 Web: www.economia-noms.gob.mx 
E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx