. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/MEX/234 
25 June 2012 
 (12-3343) 
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):   Ataulfo mangoes 
(HS tariff item number 0804.50.03) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
PROY-NOM-188-SCFI-2012, Mango Ataulfo del Soconusco Chiapas.  Especificaciones y 
métodos de prueba (Draft Mexican Official Sta ndard PROY-NOM-188-SCFI-2012:  
Ataulfo mangoes from Soconusco, Chiapas.  Sp ecifications and test methods) (10 pages, 
in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Standard applies to mangoes of the Mulgoba 
variety known as "Mango Ataulfo del Soconusco Chiapas", produced in the territory specified in the general declaration on the pr otection of this appellation of origin and 
marketed in Mexican national territory.  G/TBT/N/MEX/234 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified draft Standard establishes the re quirements to be met by mangoes of the 
variety "Mango Ataulfo del Soconusco, Chiapas" that are produced in the area specified in 
the declaration on the protection of this appe llation of origin, with a view to providing 
consumer information, guaranteeing produc t origin and quality and protecting the 
appellation of origin. 
8. Relevant documents:   -  
9. Proposed date of adoption: Not applicable 
 Proposed date of entry into force:  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_2306_00_s.pdf