. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/MEX/84
8 October 2003
(03-5328)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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:   Ministry of the Economy
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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:   General
Directorate of Standard s/Ministry of the Economy (DGN/SE) Enquiry Point.
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):  Textile products, articles
of apparel and clothing accessories
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Amendment to
Mexican Official Standard NOM-004-SCFI- 2003, Commercial Information. Labelling of
Textile Products, Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories  (8 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   After five years in force, Mexican Official Standard
NOM-004-SCFI-1994 was subject to a five-year review, pursuant to Article 51 of the
Federal Law on Metrology and Standardization and Article 40 of the Regulations thereof.
As a result of the review, the provisions of this Standard were updated and amended to
establish the labelling requirements for textile products, articles of apparel and clothing
accessories of domestic and foreign manufacture which are marketed in Mexico.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Update the labelling requirements for textile products, articles of apparel and
clothing accessories of domestic and foreign manufacture which are marketed in Mexico in
order to provide information to consumers with a view to preventing deceptive practices.
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of
1 October 2003.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not applicable
10. Final date for comments:   30 November 2003G/TBT/N/MEX/84
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of other body:
Web site:  www.economia.gob.mx/?P=85 (Standards catalogue).
E-mail:  cidgn@economia.gob.mx