WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.50
4February 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-0404)
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 designed 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): Metallic recipients or
utensils
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican
Official Standard NOM-042-SCFI-1997, Measuring Instruments -Metallic Volumetric
Measures, Cylindrical, forLiquids, withaCapacity of20l.(7pages, inSpanish)
6. Description ofcontent: Thepurpose ofthisMexican Official Standard willbeto
establish thespecifications andtesting methods forvolumetric measures withacapacity
of20l.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Consumer safety andprotection
8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial delaFederación (Official Journal) of
24December 1997
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 24February 1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: