WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.413
27November 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-5029)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: MEXICO
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofLabour andSocial Security
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable):
Containers subject topressure andsteam generators orboilers
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican Official Standard
NOM-122-STPS-1996 onSafety andHealth Conditions fortheOperation ofContainers
Subject toPressure andSteam Generators orBoilers Operating intheWorkplace
(14pages, inSpanish)
6. Description ofcontent: ThisdraftMexican Official Standard establishes minimum safety
andhealth requirements forcontainers subject topressure andsteam generators or
boilers installed intheworkplace, regardless ofthetypeorscale oftheworkplace.
7. Objective andrationale: Safety
8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial delaFederación (Official Journal) of
23October 1996.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Tobedetermined.
10. Final dateforcomments: 23January 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: