. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/MEX/235 
25 June 2012 
 (12-3349) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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 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) Av. Puente de Tecamachalco No. 6 Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes Naucalpan de Juárez 
53950, Estado de México 
Tel.:  (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43222 Fax  (+52) 55 5520 9715 E-mail:  rodrigo.arreguin@economia.gob.mx , 
 liliana.samperio@economia.gob.mx  and/or 
 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):   Habanero chilies 
(HS tariff item number 0709.60.01) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
PROY-NOM-189-SCFI-2012, Chile habanero de la Península de Yucatán (Capsicum 
chinense Jacq.).  Especificaciones y métodos de prueba (Draft Mexican Official Standard 
PROY-NOM-189-SCFI-2012:  Habanero chilies from the Yucatán Península ( Capsicum 
chinense  Jacq.).  Specifications and test methods) (16 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Standard applies to plants and fruit of the 
species Capsicum chinense  Jacq. That are derived from local  cultivars, do not contain genes 
of other species and present the characteristics specified in the general declaration on the 
protection of the appellation of origin "Chile  Habanero de la Península de Yucatán". G/TBT/N/MEX/235 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
The notified draft Standard establishes the requi rements to be met by fresh habanero chilies 
for direct consumption and the by-products thereof, such as habanero chili purée, 
dehydrated habanero chilies, habanero chili sa uce and pickled habanero chilies.  It also 
establishes the corresponding test methods and the commercial information required to be 
displayed for habanero chilies and by-products  thereof that are produ ced and processed in 
the area specified in the general declaration on the protection of the appellation of origin 
"Chile Habanero de la Península de Yucat án", with a view to providing consumer 
information, guaranteeing product origin and quality and protecting the appellation of 
origin. 
8. Relevant documents:   -  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applicable 
The notified text will enter into force as a 
definitive Mexican Official Standard once the 
Ministry of the Economy, through the General Directorate of Standards, issues a notice stating that the infrastructure necessary for its implementation has been set up. 
10. Final date for comments:   13 August 2012 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and 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 E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or jesus.figueroa@economia.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad- negocios/normalizacion/catalogo-
mexicano-de-normas 
 
Text available online at: http://dof.gob.mx/index.php? year=2012&month=06&day=15 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/tbt/MEX/12_2359_00_s.pdf