. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/459
3 October 2000
(00-4019)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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 Trade and Industrial Development
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different 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 (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Charanda
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Emergency
Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-144-SCFI-2000, alcoholic beverages – Charanda –
specifications (11 pages, in Spanish)
6. Description of content:  This draft Standard is designed to protect the appellation of origin
"Charanda", which is owned by the Mexican State under the terms of the Industrial Property
Act.  This Standard is issued pursuant to item XX of the General Declaration of Protection
of the Appellation of Origin "Charanda", which will be published in due course in the
"Diario Oficial de la Federación", and to section XV of Article 40 of the Federal Metrologyand Standardization Act.
This draft Standard establishes the characteristics and specifications to be met by
users authorized to produce, bottle or otherwise package and/or market Charanda, according
to the process described in the Standard.
  This draft Standard applies to the alcoholic beverage produced from the process of
fermentation of must prepared from sugarcane juice and/or by-products thereof, grown in
the federal districts and municipalities indicated in the Declaration, and to distillation,mixing and bottling or otherwise packaging of this product.
This draft Standard does not establish sanitary specifications to be met by the
alcoholic beverage Charanda.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer protection and protection of appellation of origin.
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación 18 August 2000
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determinedG/TBT/Notif.00/459
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10. Final date for comments:   17 October 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:
Website:  http://www.secofi.gob.mx/dgn1.html (Standards catalogue).