Years of achievements and records

The Consejo Regulador del Tequila (Tequila Regulatory Council) was created 28 years ago with the objective of guaranteeing that the raw materials used in the production process of tequila remain the same that have given notoriety to this drink since its beginnings, thus seeking to preserve quality and promote worldwide recognition of Tequila.

Since 1974, the Declaration of the Appellation of Origin Tequila (DOT) was obtained; it’s the first Mexican Appellation of Origin due to the need to defend the quality of a product linked to the protected area of Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico.

Behind the Appellation of Origin Tequila, there is the Regulatory Council of Tequila A.C., a private sector organism composed of all the sectors involved in the tequila production chain.

Today, twenty-eight years later, the CRT is an organization with great national and international prestige for its achievements, its recognition of the Appellation of Origin Tequila, its presence in more than 120 countries, the evaluation of the Mexican standard (NOM 006 SCFI 2012), the guarantee and high quality of the product, and for its achievement on the integration of the agave-tequila chain.

In the following timeline you will find further details on the work of the Tequila Regulatory Council.

TIMELINE

1974 Declaration of the Appellation of Origin Tequila (DOT), the first Mexican Denomination of Origin

1978 Appellation of Origin Tequila (DOT) registration on the World Intellectual Property Organization

1992 The Federal Law on Metrology and Standardization was created for private organizations

1994 The Consejo Regulador del Tequila (Tequila Regulatory Council) was created

1994 The CRT was accredited as a Certification Organism by Dirección General de Normas de la Secretaría de Comercio y Fomento Industrial

1996  The CRT was aacredited as a Verification Unit, by Dirección General de Normas de la Secretaría de Comercio y Fomento Industrial

1997 Appellation of Origin Tequila (DOT) recognition by the European Union

1999-2012 ISO certifications by AENOR and ANCE

1999 The CRT, Verification Unit was accredited by Entidad Mexicana de Acreditación, up to the present.

2000 The CRT, Certification Organism was accredited by Entidad Mexicana de Acreditación, up to the present

2003 Creation of the T- Award,  Programa Distintivo T

2006 Creation of the Tequila Trail, Ruta del Tequila on June

2007 The CRT, Test Laboratorioes are accredited by Entidad Mexicana de Acreditación, up to the present 

2009 Awarded the Guinness World Record for showing the highest number of tequila brands in a single exhibition (1,201 bottles)

2010 Obtained the National Food Award from the National Agricultural Chamber.

2010-2015 Achieved the Accreditation Commitment Award by Entidad Mexicana de Acreditación on 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015

2011 National Exports Award by COMCE

2011 Jalisco Exports Award by JALTRADE

2011 Authorization as an Authorized Third Party as a testing laboratory by COFEPRIS, up to the present

2011-2019 Authorization as an Authorized Verification Unit by COFEPRIS

2016 Accreditation as an organism for the verification of the greenhouse gas inventories (OCVGEI)

2019 Awarded the Guinness World Record for showing the highest number of tequila brands in a single exhibition (1,733 bottles)

2019 National Exports Award by COMCE

2020 A total of 55 countries recognize the Appellation of Origin Tequila (DOT)

2022- 28th Anniversary of the Consejo Regulador del Tequila 

Achievements

9 Acreditations awarded by the Entidad Mexicana de Acreditación (EMA)

Approved to evaluate 9 Mexican standards by the Dirección General de Normas

30 Different types of services are offered by the CRT to its associates

3 COFEPRIS authorizations

Financial market

19.4% Annual growth of the tequila industry in the last 27 years

Field

74.1 % of the agave used in the Tequila Industry is found in Jalisco