RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/W/69
15 June 1998
(98-2421)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
COMMUNICATION FROM MEXICO
The following communication, dated 1 May 1998 has been received from the delegation of
Mexico with the request that it be circulated to Members of the Committee.
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This is to inform you that the Minister of Trade and Industrial Development of Mexico,
through the General Directorate of Standards, has published the 1998 National Standardization
Programme in the Official Journal of the Federation of 15 April 1998.
The Programme lists the titles of the Mexican official standards ("technical regulations") and
Mexican standards ("voluntary standards") which the Government of Mexico plans to elaborate
during the current year, specifying the areas and sectors to which they will be applicable.
All the draft standards prepared on the basis of the Programme will be published in due
course and, as appropriate, notified to the Committee.
This information is provided for purposes of transparency, without prejudging the trade
effects that the future standards may have on other parties.
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