WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.322
10September 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-3489)
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): Endotracheal tubes
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican
Official Standard NOM-134-SSA1-1995, Establishing theSanitary Specifications for
Plastic Medical-Grade Sterile Disposable Endotracheal Tubes, with Radio-Opaque
Marking, andwith High-Volume Low-Pressure Balloons (Murphy Type) orwithout
Balloons (Magill Type)
6. Description ofcontent: This draft Mexican Official Standard establishes thequality
specifications forplastic medical-grade sterile disposable endotracheal tubes, with
radio-opaque marking, with high-volume low-pressure balloons (Murphy type) and
without balloons (Magill type), andthetestmethods forverifying them.
7. Objective andrationale: Safety
8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial delaFederación (Official Journal) of
9August 1996
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Onthedayfollowing definitive publication inthe
Official Journal
10. Final dateforcomments: 9November 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: