. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/212 
30 March 2011 
 (11-1559) 
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 (Ministry of the Economy) 
Name and address (including telephone  and fax numbers, e-mail 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 Normalizac ión de Seguridad al Usuario, Información 
Comercial y Prácticas de Comercio  
(National Advisory Committee on Standard ization for User Safety, Commercial 
Information and Trade Practices) 
Av. Puente de Tecamachalco No. 6 Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes Naucalpan de Juárez Código postal 53950, Estado de México 
Tel.: 5729-9300, Ext. 43222 
Fax: 5520-9715 E-mail: paola.martinez@economia.gob.mx
 
 maria.medinam@economia.gob.mx  
 salvador.franco@economia.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.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):   Canned tuna and bonito 
(HS 1604.14), (ICS 67.230) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
NOM-084-SCFI-1994 Información comercial - Es pecificaciones de información comercial 
y sanitaria para productos de  atún y bonita preenvasados (Mexican Official Standard 
NOM-084-SCFI-1994:  Commercial informati on - Commercial and health information 
specifications for canned tuna and bonito  products), published on 22 September 1995 
(4 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   Paragraphs 2, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4,  3.5, 3.6, Section 4 (Commercial 
information to be displayed on canned tuna an d bonito products), 5.6 and 6 have been 
amended, Annex A has been deleted, a nd Annex B has been amended and renamed 
Annex A of NOM-084-SCFI-1994. G/TBT/N/MEX/212 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
Establishes the requirements concerning the commercial and health information to be 
displayed on canned tuna and bon ito products of domestic or foreign origin marketed to the 
public in Mexico, the purpose being to ensure  that consumers have clear and sufficient 
information to purchase the products best suited to their needs. 
8. Relevant documents:  
- CODEX-STAN-70-81, sections concerning commercial information and presentation. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  } 2 June 2011 
10. Final date for comments:   Not applicable 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the other body: 
Secretaría de Economía 
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad Dirección General de Normas 
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729-9100, Ext. 43217 
Fax: (+52) 55 5520-9715 E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx
 and/or jesus.figueroa@economia.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.economia.gob.mx/swb/es/economia/p_Catalogo_Mexicano_Normas  
Also available at: 
http://dof.gob.mx/index.php? year=2011&month=03&day=11  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/tbt/MEX/11_0844_00_s.pdf