. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/182 
7 October 2009 
 (09-4812) 
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 
Sección Fuentes, Naucalpan de Juárez 
Código postal 53950, Estado de México Tel.: 5729-9100, Ext. 43222 Fax: 5520-9715 E-mail: jvazque@economia.gob.mx 
Website: http://www.economia-noms.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):   Units of measurement 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
NOM-008-SCFI-2002, Sistema general de unidades de medida (Mexican Official Standard 
NOM-008-SCFI-2002:  General system of units of measurement) (2 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Mexican Official Standard establishes the definitions 
of and the symbols and writing style for the units of the International System of Units (SI) and other units which, although  not part of the system, have been accepted by the General 
Conference on Weights and Measures, and which together constitute the General System of 
Units of Measurement, as used in the va rious scientific, technological, industrial, 
educational and commercial fields. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   - 
8. Relevant documents:   Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 
24 September 2009.  Available at:  http://www.dof.gob.mx . G/TBT/N/MEX/182 
Page 2  
 
  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: }The notified Standard will enter into force 
60 calendar days after publication in the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   60 calendar days as from the date of publication of the draft in 
the Official Journal. 
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/
 
E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and figueroa@economia.gob.mx 
 Text available at: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/tbt/mex/09_3442_00_s.pdf