WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/MEX/40/Add.1
29 April 2003
(03-2278)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 23 April 2003, has been received from Mexico.
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Notice of Extension of Mexican Official  Emergency Standard NOM-EM-008-SCFI-2002,
"Toys.  Replica Firearms.  Specifications, Trade Practices and Commercial Information"
Published in the Diario Oficial  de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 18 April 2003
The Government of Mexico, through the Ministry of the Economy, given the need to protect
the safety of persons and taking into account the continued validity of the reasons for the issue of
Mexican Official Emergency Standard NOM-EM-008-SCFI-2002 "Toys.  Replica Firearms.
Specifications, Trade Practices and Commercial Information", published in the Official Journal on
16 October 2002, and notified to the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade by means of
document G/TBT/N/MEX/40 of 25 October 2002, deems it necessary, pursuant to Article 48 of the
Federal Law on Metrology and Standardization, to extend the period of its validity for a further
six months as from 19 April 2003.
The text of the above-mentioned Standard, together with the corresponding notice of
extension, are available in Spanish in the Standards Catalogue at the following e-mail address:
www.economia.gob.mx/?P=85 or from the National Enquiry Point at the following address:
Punto de Contacto OMCDirección General de Normas (DGN)
Secretaría de Economía
Puente de Tecamachalco #6
Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección FuentesNaucalpan, Edo. de México, CP 53950
Tel: +(5255) 5729 9300, ext 4156
Fax: +(5255) 5520 9715
E-mail:  cidgn@economia.gob.mx
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