 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/88/Add.1 
3 September 2004  
 
(04-3671) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:   Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
 The following communication, dated 31 August 2004,  is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Mexico
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Clarification of Mexican Official Standard NOM-162-SCFI-2004  
"Electronics - Audio and Video - Pre-recorded Compact Discs (Audio, Data and Video Games)  - 
Commercial Information and Manufacturer Identification " 
  
The Government of Mexico, through the Ministry of the Economy, published draft Mexican 
Official Standard PROY-NOM-162-SCFI-2003 in the Diario Oficial de la Federación (Official 
Journal) on 16 December 2003 and ci rculated it to Members of the WTO Committee on Technical 
Barriers to Trade as a notification with the symbol G/TBT/N/MEX/88 and dated 23 December 2003. 
 Subsequent to the receipt of  comments on this document a nd completion of the related 
procedure laid down in the Federal Law on Metr ology and Standardizati on, on 1 June 2004, the 
Government of Mexico published Mexican Offici al Standard NOM-162-SCFI-2004 in the Official 
Journal. This Standard ente red into force on 2 August 2004. 
 However, on 11 August 2004, the Mexican Government, through the Ministry of the 
Economy, published in the Official Journal a Clar ification of the aforementioned Mexican Official 
Standard NOM-162-SCFI-2004 amending the titles and pu blication details of the legislation referred 
to in paragraphs 1.3 and 9 thereof. 
 
 The above is notified to Members for purposes of transparency only.  The texts of the above-mentioned documents ar e available in Spanish in the Standards 
Catalogue, which can be found on the Web site www.economia.gob.mx/?P=85, and from the National 
Enquiry Point, the contact details of which are as follows: 
  WTO Enquiry Point General Directorate of Standards (DGN)  Ministry of the Economy 
Puente de Tecamachalco #6 
Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes Naucalpan, Edo. de México, C.P. 53950  Tel.: (5255) 5729-9300, ext. 4156 Fax: (5255) 5520-9715 
E-mail: cidgn@economia.gob.mx   
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