. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/MEX/75
1 September 2003
(03-4552)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
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 Health
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   General
Directorate of Standard s/Ministry of the Economy (DGN/SE) 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):  Medical diagnostic X-
ray equipment
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Amendment to
Mexican Official Standard NOM-158-SSA1-1996, Environmental Health. TechnicalSpecifications for Medical Diagnostic X-Ra y Equipment  (22 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   After five years in force, Mexican Official Standard NOM-158-
SSA1-1996 was subject to a five-year review, pursuant to Article 51 of the Federal Law on
Metrology and Standardization and Article 40 of the Regulations thereof.  As a result of the
review, the provisions of this Standard were updated and amended to establish technical
requirements for the acquisition and the supervision of the operation of medical diagnostic
X-ray equipment for use on human beings.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Quality control of Mexican and imported medical diagnostic X-ray equipment in
order to protect human, in particular user, health.
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of
21 August 2003.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not applicable
10. Final date for comments:   20 October 2003G/TBT/N/MEX/75
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of other body:
Web site:  www.economia.gob.mx/?P=85 (Standards catalogue).
E-mail: cidgn@economia.gob.mx