WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.212
23April 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-1654)
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: 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.
ICS numbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Instructions and
guarantees forelectronic, electrical andhome electrical appliances.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican
Official Standard NOM-024-SCFI-1998, Commercial Information forPacking,
Instructions andGuarantees forElectronic, Electrical andHome Electrical Appliances
(5pages, inSpanish)
6. Description ofcontent: This Mexican Official Standard isintended toestablish the
necessary commercial information tobecontained inthepacking, instructions and
guarantee conditions forelectronic, electrical andhome electrical appliances, their
accessories andconsumables, andanytypeofcomputing programme (e.g. software
presented inanyform) provided forthefinal consumer, ifthese aremarketed inthe
territory oftheUnited Mexican States. This Draft Mexican Official Standard is
applicable tonew, reconstructed, usedorsecond-hand products marketed intheterritory
oftheUnited Mexican States. Theparts andcomponents, accessories andconsumables,
internal andexternal, ofelectronic, electrical andhome electrical products andmaterials
soldinbulkorforreplacement purposes, within oroutside theguarantee, donotrequire
theinstructions orcommercial information referred tointhisDraft Mexican Official
Standard, eveniftheydorequire thewarnings because theyarehazardous products. All
electronic, electrical andhome electrical products andartefacts, withtheir accessories
andconsumables, thatareregulated byaspecific commercial information Standard shall
remain outside thescope ofthisDraft Mexican Official Standard andbesubject tothe
provisions ofthesaidStandard.
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7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Consumer safety andprotection.
8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial delaFederación (Official Journal) of8April 1998
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Notapplicable
10. Final dateforcomments: 7June1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: