Mexico Infrastructure Law
The Mexican Government has a prominent role in Mexico’s standards system. The Secretariat of Economy (Secretaria de Economia, or SE), through the General Directorate of Standards (Dirección General de Normas, or DGN), is the organization with the authority to manage and coordinate standards development in Mexico.
The law governs standardization, accreditation, conformity assessment, and metrology activities in Mexico and addresses the coordination of metrology activities between the Mexican Government and the private sector.
The law is structured in four parts:
- The National Quality Infrastructure System.
- The Quality and Innovation System.
- Metrology.
- Final Provisions.
Find here the QIL (in Spanish).
We encourage U.S. exporters to be familiar with this important law, as it governs Mexico’s standards system and may affect your exports to this market. Certain NOMs (mandatory technical regulations) require companies to obtain for their product(s) a certificate of compliance issued by an accredited certification body. In the case of products manufactured outside Mexico, this certificate must accompany the import documentation at the port of entry. All products, processes, methods, installations, services, or activities must comply with applicable NOMs.
For further guidance please contact:
Commercial Specialist Sylvia Montano (sylvia.montano@trade.gov)
Regional Standards Attaché Braeden Young ( braeden.young@trade.gov)