. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/151 
12 August 2008 
 (08-3810) 
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.: +(52) 57 29 93 00, ext. 43222 Fax: +(52) 55 20 97 15 E-mail: jvazque@economia.gob.mx
 
 amedina@economia.gob.mx  
 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):   Medical care providers 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de Norma 
Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-071-SCFI-2007:  Prácticas Comerciales. Atención Médica 
por Cobro Directo   (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-071-SCFI-2007:  Trade 
Practices.  Medical care with payment by direct collection) (4 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The notified Mexican Official Standard establishes the 
commercial information to be displayed by medi cal care providers in their establishments to 
ensure that consumers have clear and adequa te information enabling them to take the 
decision most appropriate to their needs.  Th e Standard also stipulates the minimum content 
of standard form contracts, if used.  This Me xican Official Standard is generally applicable 
throughout the national territory and is binding on suppliers.  It is not applicable to the 
provision of professional medical consultancy services or to suppliers whose establishments 
are specified in Article 10, subparagraphs II,  III, IV, V and VI, of the Regulation of the 
General Law on Health in respect of medical care service providers. G/TBT/N/MEX/151 
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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 30 July 2008. 
Available at:  http://www.dof.gob.mx . 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: }  
10. Final date for comments:   29 September 2008 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [    ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and web site addresses, if available, of other body:  
General Directorate of Standards of the Ministry of the Economy: 
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729-9300, Ext. 43221 Fax: (+52) 55 5520-9715 E-mail:  normasomc@economia.gob.mx
 
Web site:  http://www.economia-noms.gob.mx/  
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