. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/159 
9 September 2008 
 (08-4230) 
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, e-mail and web site 
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, 53950, Estado de México 
Tel.: 57 29 93 00, Ext. 43222 Fax: 55 20 97 15  E-mail: jvazque@economia.gob.mx a nd/or 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):   Suppliers involved in the 
marketing of pets or service animals and/or the supply of services for their care and/or training. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Norma Oficial 
Mexicana NOM-148-SCFI-2008,  Prácticas comerciales – Comercialización de animales de 
compañía o de servicios y prestación de servicios para su cuidado y adiestramiento  
(Mexican Official Standard NOM-148-SCFI-2008,  Marketing of pets or service animals and 
supply of services for their care and training) (4 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this Mexican Official Standard is to establish the 
minimum elements and requirements for commerc ial information, and the minimum content 
of standard form contracts, if used, and guara ntees, if offered, to which suppliers involved 
in the marketing of pets or service animals and/or the supply of services for their care and/or training must conform, in order to ensure that consumers may obtain clear and adequate 
information so as to take the decision most  appropriate to their needs.  This Mexican 
Official Standard is not applicable to the provision of professional veterinary medicine services. G/TBT/N/MEX/159 
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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 
13 August 2008.  Available at http://www.dof.gob.mx  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  } 12 October 2008 
10. Final date for comments:   - 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web site addresses, if available of the other body: 
Dirección General de Normas de la Secretaría de Economía (General Directorate of 
Standards of the Ministry of the Economy) Tel.:  (+52) 55 5729 9300, Ext. 4 3221 Fax:  (+52) 55 5520 9715 
Web site: http://www.economia-noms.gob.mx/ 
E-mail:  normasomc@economia.gob.mx