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G/SPS/N/MEX/218/Add.2 
26 January 2012 
 (12-0529) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 23 January  2012, is being circulated at the request 
of the delegation of Mexico. 
 
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Goods and services.  Cocoa and cocoa products a nd by-products.  I. Cacao.  II. Chocolate.  
III. By-products.  Sanitary sp ecifications.  Trade description 
 On 17 January 2012, the Mexican Ministry of the Economy published in the Official 
Journal ( Diario Oficial de la Federación ) (http://www.dof.gob.mx ) "Conformity assessment 
procedures:  Simplified procedures for the verifi cation of information on  products subject to 
compliance with Mexican Official Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010, General specifications 
for the labelling of pre-packaged food and non- alcoholic beverages - Commercial and health 
information, Mexican Official Standard NOM -186-SSA1/SCFI-2002, Goods and services.  Cocoa 
and cocoa products and by-products.  I. Cacao.  II. Chocolate.  III. By-products.  Sanitary 
specifications.  Trade description, and Mexi can Official Standard NOM-141-SSA1-1995, Goods 
and services.  Labelling of pre-packaged perfumery  and beauty products, applicable to companies 
in the border region/strip".   These Simplified procedures cancel those pub lished in the Official Journal on 
23 March 2011.  Furthermore, they are ap plicable to Mexican Official Standard 
NOM-186-SSA1/SCFI-2002 and thus also cancel th e simplified procedures of 18 November 2003 
for this Standard. 
  The notified Simplified procedures will enter into force on the day following their publication in the Official Journal.  
 Text available at:
 http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle. php?codigo=5229715&fecha=17/01/2012  
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  This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation [ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force 
[X] Other:  Issuance of the "Simplified procedures for the verification of information 
on products subject to compliance with Mexican Official Standard NOM186-SSA1/SCFI-2002, applicable to companies in the border region/strip". 
Comment period:  (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure in 
terms of products and/or potentially affected  Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments 
should be provided, normally of at least 60 cale ndar days.  Under other circumstances, such as 
extension of originally announced final date fo r comments, the comment period provided in the 
addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comm ents:  [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Text available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
 Dirección General de Normas 
Av. Puente de Tecamachalco 6, Piso 2 Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes C.P. 53950, Naucalpan de Juárez 
México 
Tel.: +(52 55) 5729-9300, Ext. 43217 Fax: +(52 55) 5520-9715 E-mail: ormasomc@economia.gob.mx Website: http://www.economia-noms.gob.mx/noms/inicio.do  
 http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle. php?codigo=5229715&fecha=17/01/2012 
 
 
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