. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/MEX/78
1 September 2003
(03-4563)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
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 Health
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   General
Directorate of Standard s/Ministry of the Economy (DGN/SE) Enquiry Point.
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 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):  Fresh, chilled and frozen
fishery products
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Mexican
Official Standard PROY-NOM-214-SSA1-2002,  Goods and Services.  Fresh, Chilled and
Frozen Fishery Products.  Health  Specifications and Test Methods  (39 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   This draft Mexican Official Standard (NOM) establishes the
health and nutritional specifications, test methods and sampling, packi ng, packaging and
labelling requirements for fresh, chilled and frozen fishery products.
Upon final publication, compliance with this Standard will be mandatory
throughout Mexican territory for natural and legal persons engaged in the production orimportation of such products.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Control the sanitary quality of fresh, chilled and frozen fishery products in order to protect
human health and provide information to consumers.
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of
25 August 2003.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not applicable
10. Final date for comments:   24 October 2003G/TBT/N/MEX/78
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of other body:
Web site:  www.economia.gob.mx/?P=85 (Standards catalogue).
E-mail: cidgn@economia.gob.mx