WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/168
3 April 2000
(00-1336)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Trade and Industrial Development
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:   Contact Point
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [     ], 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):   Tequila
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Amendment to
Mexican Official Standard NOM-006-SCFI-1994, Alcoholic Beverages.  Tequila.
Specifications.  Published on 3 September 1997 (2 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   In line with the international trend of reducing the content of
alcohol by volume in alcoholic beverages, and considering that Article 51 of the Federal
Law on Metrology and Standardization gives departments the authority to amend the
Mexican Official Standards when they do not intend to establish new requirements, or
procedures or call for compliance with stricter specifications, and in order to givecompanies the opportunity to adapt their products to the demands of the market, it has been
decided that Table 1 in sub-paragraph 6.1.1 of the Mexican Official Standard, concerning
alcohol content, will be amended.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Safety and consumer protection
8. Relevant documents:   Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 1 March 2000.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }2 March 2000
10. Final date for comments:   Not applicable
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           