WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/MEX/10
19 February 2002
(02-0843)
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 y 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Economy.
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:
DGN/SE.        
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):   Data message storage.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Mexican
Official Standard PROY-NOM-151-SCF1-2000. Business practices – mandatory
requirements for data message storage. (33 pages, Spanish)
6. Description of content: This Draft Mexican Official Standard establishes mandatory
requirements governing content storage for those data messages that record contracts,
agreements or commitments, and which accordingly give rise to rights and obligations.
This Draft Mexican Official Standard is generally applicable to those
businesspeople who are required to store data messages recording contracts, agreements or
commitments that give rise to rights and obligations.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Security.
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación (Official Journal),
16 November 2001.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: } To be determined.
10. Final date for comments:   15 January 2002.
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:
WEB: http//www.economia-normas.gob.mx (Catalogue of standards).