On December 27, 2021, the agreement DOF: 12/27/2021 was published in the official newspaper of the federation. This agreement establishes the following main modifications regarding the Conformity Assessment in Mexico:

Key Modifications

1. Definitions are established for importer, batch, and non-new product.
2. The possibility of adding affiliates and/or subsidiaries to the certificate of conformity is established.
3. The possibility of adding and/or eliminating importers from the certificate of conformity is established.
4. The documents required to make Certifying Body Certification requests are updated.
5. The possibility of requesting an extension of the Certificate of Conformity to cover more products is established.
6. The fraction 1 of the sample per product model for a single batch is detailed for New Products, Non-new products, and Refurbished Products.
7. It is established that the annual number of compliance monitoring visits will be carried out on a portion not less than 5% nor greater than 15% of the total certificates issued. In the case of product prototypes, it will be carried out on 50% of certificates issued, with samples selected randomly considering any observations from the IFT.

This agreement will be enforced 180 days after its publication - official date of enforcement June 26th, 2022.