WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.108
3April 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-1381)
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 ofTrade andIndustrial Development
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 maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Textiles, clothing and
accessories
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Resolution amending
Mexican Official Standard NOM-004-SCFI-1994: Commercial Information -Labelling
ofTextiles, Articles ofClothing andAccessories (3pages, Spanish)
6. Description ofcontent: The Resolution amending Mexican Official Standard
NOM-004-SCFI-1994 updates theregulatory measures under thisStandard sothatitcan
beapplied more simply andclearly.
7. Objective andrationale: Consumer protection
8. Relevant documents: Official Journal of25February 1997
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:26February 1997
10. Final dateforcomments: Notapplicable
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: