WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.417
6December 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-5126)
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 ofAgriculture, Livestock andRural Development
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): Animals
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican
Official Standard NOM-051-ZOO-1995, Humane Treatment intheTransport of
Animals, 13pages
6. Description ofcontent: Thepurpose ofthismandatory Mexican Official Standard is
primarily toestablish animal transport systems thatreduce theanimals 'suffering, by
avoiding orreducing stress during thetransportation process.
7. Objective andrationale: Animal safety
8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial delaFederación (Official Journal) of
31October 1996 (Spanish)
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 31January 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: