WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.54
4February 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-0408)
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 canbe
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): Pressure cookers
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican
Official Standard NOM-054-SCFI-1997, Domestic Utensils -Pressure Cookers -Safety
(8pages, inSpanish)
6. Description ofcontent: ThisMexican Official Standard establishes thespecifications and
testing methods forpressure cookers, national andimported, intended forcooking food,
withamaximum capacity of21litres, atamaximin temperature of127ºC andagauge
operating pressure greater thanzeroandupto0.15MPA.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Consumer safety andprotection
8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial delaFederación (Official Journal) of
14January 1998
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 14March 1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: