WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.180
20April 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-1566)
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 ofTrade andIndustrial Development
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shall be
indicated ifdifferent from above: Contact point
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): "Talavera" ceramic
products
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican
Official Standard NOM-132-SCFI-1998, Talavera -Specifications: 21pages (Spanish)
6. Description ofcontent: ThisMexican Official Standard isintended tolaydown the
characteristics andspecifications tobesatisfied byauthorized users, producers
(manufacturers) and/or marketing agents oftalavera (earthenware) ceramics, in
accordance withtheprocess described inthisStandard. ThisMexican Official Standard
willapply toceramics manufactured inaccordance withtheprocess referred tointhis
Standard, using claytaken from thefederative entities referred tointhe"General
Declaration onProtection oftheTalavera Appellation ofOrigin". Itshallapply toany
object ofthisceramic material, whether foruseasafoodandbeverage container orfor
recreational ordecorative use.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Protection oftheappellation oforigin
8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial delaFederación (Official Journal) of
27March 1998
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Notapplicable
10. Final dateforcomments: 26May1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: