WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.286
26August 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-3315)
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 maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Prepackaged perfumery
andbeauty products
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican
Official Standard NOM-141-SSA1-1995, Goods andServices. Labelling ofPrepackaged
Perfumery andBeauty Products
6. Description ofcontent: This Mexican Official Standard establishes thesanitary and
commercial information requirements forlabelling prepackaged perfumery andbeauty
products ofanycapacity inorder toprovide better customer choice andensure thattheir
usedoesnotendanger health. Compliance withthisStandard iscompulsory throughout
Mexico fornatural orlegal persons involved inprocessing orimporting, except for
"bulk products".
7. Objective andrationale: Commercial information
8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial delaFederación (Official Journal) of9July1996
9. Proposed dateofadoption/proposed dateofentry intoforce: Dayfollowing publication
intheDiario Oficial delaFederación
10. Final dateforcomments: 9October 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: