. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/192 
24 March 2010 
 (10-1614) 
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 and 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 Standardization for 
User Safety, Commercial Information and Trade Practices) Avenida Puente de Tecamachalco número 6 Colonia Lomas de Tecamachalco, S ección Fuentes, Naucalpan de Juárez 
Código postal 53950, Estado de México 
Tel.: 5729 9100, Ext. 43222 Fax: 5520 9715 E-mail: amedina@economia.gob.mx, pamartinezr@economia.gob.mx and/or  francos@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):   Yogurt (HS 0403.10.01) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
PROY-NOM-181-SCFI-2010, Yogur, yogurt, yogh urt, yoghurth o yogurth - Denominación, 
especificaciones fisicoquímicas, informac ión comercial y métodos de prueba  (Draft 
Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-181-SC FI-2010:  Yogurt – Trade name, physical 
and chemical specifications, commercial info rmation and test methods) (5 pages, in 
Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Mexican Official Standard sets forth 
classification, trade name, commercial information and test method requirements, and specifications, for yogurt. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The Standard seeks to establish the physical and chemical specifications and commercial 
information requirements for yogurt, and the test methods which must be used to verify these specifications. G/TBT/N/MEX/192 
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  The Standard applies to yogurt marketed in Mexican territory. 
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 
17 March 2010.  Available at:  http://www.dof.gob.mx/  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication as a Mexican Official 
Standard in the Official Journal. 
60 calendar days after publication in the 
Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   17 May 2010 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available, of 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 Website: http://www.economia-noms.gob.mx/?P=144
 
E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx and/or figueroa@economia.gob.mx 
 
Text available online at: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/tbt/mex/10_1195_00_s.pdf