WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.42
13February 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-0551)
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 ofHealth
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
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 may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Dressing material,
diagnostic agents andmedical equipment
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican
Official Standard NOM-137-SSA1-1995, Regulatory Information, General Labelling
Specifications forDomestic andForeign Dressing Material, Diagnostic Agents and
Medical Equipment ...(4pages, inSpanish)
6. Description ofcontent: Thepurpose ofthisdraft Mexican Official Standard isto
establish minimum general guidelines forlabels ofdomestic andforeign dressing
material, diagnostic agents andmedical equipment other than thatspecified inthe
regulatory information.
7. Objective andrationale: Human safety
8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial delaFederación (Official Journal) of
16January 1997
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 16April 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: