WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.372
28October 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-4497)
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): Spinal anaesthesia
needles, spinal needles andepidural anaesthesia needles
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican
Official Standard NOM-132-SSA1-1995 Establishing Health Specifications forSpinal
Anaesthesia Needles, Spinal Needles andEpidural Anaesthesia Needles, (16pages,
Spanish)
6. Description ofcontent: Thisdraft Standard establishes quality specifications forspinal
anaesthesia needles, spinal needles andepidural anaesthesia needles, with mandrins,
made ofstainless steel, brass andplastic, aswellastestmethods forchecking them.
7. Objective andrationale: Safety
8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial delaFederación (Official Journal) of
4October 1996
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 4January 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: