. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/130 
14 December 2007 
 (07-5573) 
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 web-site 
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 Norm alización de Seguridad al Usuario 
Información Comercial y Prácticas de Comercio (National Advisory Committee on 
Standardization for User Safety, Comme rcial Information a nd 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) 57 29 93 00, extension 43222 Fax:  (+52) 55 20 97 15  E-mail:  jvazque@economia.gob.mx and/or 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):   Pets or service animals 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document :  Proyecto de Norma 
Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-148-SCFI-2007, Pr ácticas Comerciales – Comercialización 
de animales de compañía o servicio y prestación de servicios para su  cuidado y 
adiestramiento  (Draft Mexican Official Standa rd PROY-NOM-148-SCFI-2007 Commercial 
Practices – Marketing of pets or service an imals and supply of services for their care and 
training (5 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this draft Mexican Official Standard is to establish 
the minimum elements and requirements for commercial information, and the minimum content of standard form contracts, if used, a nd guarantees, if offered, to which the suppliers 
indicated in section 1.2 must conform, in order that consumers may obtain clear and adequate information so as to take the decisi on most appropriate to their needs.  This 
Mexican Official Standard is generally appli cable throughout the national territory and is 
binding on the suppliers involved in the marke ting of pets or service animals and/or the 
supply of services for their care and/or training.  It is not applicable to the provision of professional services of veterinary medicine. G/TBT/N/MEX/130 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
8. Relevant documents:   Diario Oficial de la Federación (Official Journal) of 
6 December 2007.  Available at:  http://www.dof.gob.mx  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }Not applicable 
10. Final date for comments:   5 February 2008 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web site addresses, if available of the other body: 
Dirección General de Normas de la Secretaría de Economía 
Tel:  (+52) 55 5729 9300 Ext. 4 3221 Fax:  (+52) 55 5520 9715 Web site:  http://www.economia-noms.gob.mx/
 
E-mail:  normasomc@economia.gob.mx