WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.158
31March 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-1289)
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: Enquiry 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 may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Portable liquefied
petroleum gas(LPG) containers
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican
Official Standard NOM-011-SEDG-1997, Portable Containers forLiquefied Petroleum
GasNotExposed toHeating byArtificial Means -Manufacture andMaintenance.
12pages (Spanish)
6. Description ofcontent: ThisStandard establishes theminimum specifications andtesting
methods forportable containers made toholdliquefied petroleum gas,withacapacity of
upto45kilograms andaservice pressure of1.65Mpa(16.9 kgf/cm2),aswellasforthe
evaluation oftheirphysical condition andthemaintenance ofthecontainers inuse.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Consumer safety andprotection
8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial delaFederación (Official Journal) of
18February 1998
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 19April 1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: