WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.61
10February 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-0487)
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 shall be
indicated ifdifferent 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 (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Avocados
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican
Official Standard NOM-128-SCFI-1997, Trade Information -Labelling ofAgricultural
Products -Avocados (Spanish, 3pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Thepurpose ofthisMexican Official Standard istolaydown
thetrade information thatmustappear onthelabels ofpackaging offruitoftheavocado
tree(Persea americana )forhuman consumption, ofbothdomestic andforeign origin.
TheStandard applies tothelabelling ofthepackaged product called "aguacate"
("avocado") oftheHaas andFuerte varieties, forwholesale andsemi-wholesale
marketing operations, marketed inMexico.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Consumer protection
8. Relevant documents: Official Journal of12January 1998
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 12March 1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: