WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/549
13 November 2000
(00-4787)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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 Communications and Transport
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:   Contact 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):   Aircraft        
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Mexican
Official Standard PROY-NOM-022-SCT3-2000 Establishing the Mandatory Use of FlightRecorders Installed in Aircraft Operating in Mexican Air Space and Specifying their
Characteristics (14 pages, in Spanish)
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this Mexican Official Standard will be to establish
the mandatory use of flight recorders in civil and State aircraft other than military aircraft,
fixed-wing or rotary-wing, and to specify their type and characteristics, to assist the
aeronautical authority in determining the probable causes of any incident or accident and as
a preventive means of improving the safety of air operations.  It will apply to all civil andState aircraft other than military aircraft, fixed-wing or rotary-wing, whose characteristics
are included therein and which belong to or are in the hands of national air operators,
licences or agents or foreign air operators flying or wishing to fly in Mexican air space.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   
Safety
8. Relevant documents:   Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 5 October 2000
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined
10. Final date for comments:   3 December 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:
Web: http://www.secofi.gob.mx/dgn1.html (Standards Catalogue)