WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/MEX/1
15 February 2001
(01-0732)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
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:   Department of Labour and Social Welfare
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  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):   Fire extinguishers
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Amendment of
Mexican Official Standard NOM-104-ST PS-1994, Safety – ABC Dry Chemical Powder
Fire Extinguishers, Consisting Largely of  Mono Ammonium Phosphate, Resulting in NOM-
104-STPS-2000, Extinguishing Agents – ABC Dry Chemical Powder Consisting Largely of
Mono Ammonium Phosphate.  (8 pages, Spanish)
6. Description of content:   This Standard will establish requirements and corresponding
testing methods for dry chemical powder consisting largely of mono ammonium phosphate,for use in fire extinguishers designed for class A, B, and C fires.  It will be applicable
throughout the national territory and will apply to manufacturers, importers and traders of
ABC dry chemical powder as well as to persons handling fire extinguishers containing this
agent.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Safety
8. Relevant documents:   Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) 12 January 2001
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined
10. Final date for comments:   13 March 2001
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Website:  http://www.secofi.gob.mx/dgn1.html (Standards catalogue)