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ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/MEX/238 
16 July 2012 
 (12-3837) 
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):   Alcoholic beverages 
made from agave. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
PROY-NOM-186-SCFI-2012, Bebidas alcohólic as - Bebidas alcohólicas elaboradas a 
partir de agave - Especificaciones, mét odos de prueba e información comercial  
(Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY- NOM-186-SCFI-2012:  Alcoholic beverages - 
Alcoholic beverages made from agave - Specifications, test methods and commercial information) (15 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/MEX/238 
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  6. Description of content:   The notified draft Mexican Official  Standard is needed to define 
the trade descriptions of alcoholic beverages th at are prepared using the raw material agave 
and to establish commercial information requi rements and physicochemical specifications, 
and the test methods that must be applied to determine complia nce with such specifications.  
It seeks to curtail the deceptive marketing of products made with ingredients other than 
agave, to the benefit of Mexican consumers. 
 The draft Standard also seeks to protec t consumers by ensuring that they receive 
adequate and clear information on the products they buy, so as to help them avoid wasting 
money. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 The notified draft Standard establish es the physicochemical specifications, 
descriptions and other commercial informati on requirements for the alcoholic beverages 
concerned, with a view to ensuring accurate information for consumers, product origin and 
quality, and the protection of appellations of origin.  It also establishes the test and 
assessment methods applicable to these beverages. 
 The draft Standard applies to all the alc oholic beverages that are defined therein as 
spirits of agave;  alcoholic beverages prepared  of or with spirits of agave and/or agave 
distillates;  cocktails of or with agave spirits and/or agave distillates;  agave distillates, and 
liqueurs/ creams of or with agave spirits or of or with agave distillates, which are produced, 
imported or marketed in national territory.  The commercial descriptions of these products 
must correspond to the definitions established in the draft Standard. 
 The draft Standard does not apply to alc oholic beverages that are subject to an 
appellation of origin protected under the Industr ial Property Law or to beverages that are 
covered by their own specific Mexican Official Standard. 
8. Relevant documents:   
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: Not applicable 
60 calendar days after publication of the final 
Mexican Official Standard in the Official Journal.
10. Final date for comments:   3 September 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 also available online at: 
http://dof.gob.mx/index.php? year=2012&month=07&day=05  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/tbt/MEX/12_2617_00_s.pdf