 
. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/74/Add.1
G/TBT/N/MEX/78/Add.1 5 November 2004 
 
 
(04-4711) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
 The following communication, dated 29 October 2004, is being circulated at the request of 
the delegation of Mexico.   
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Notice of Cancellation of Various Draft Mexican Official Standards
 
  1. The Government of Mexico notifies that, on 22 October 2004, the Ministry of Health's 
Federal Commission for Sanitary Risk Protection publis hed in the Official Journal of the Federation a 
"Notice of Cancellation of draft Mexican O fficial Standards PROY-NOM-214-SSA1-2002, 'Goods 
and Services.  Fresh, Chilled and Frozen Fishery Pr oducts.  Health Specifications and Test Methods' 
and PROY-NOM-215-SSA1-2002, Goods and Services.  Processed Fishery Producers.  Full Health 
Specifications', published for public consultation in the Official Journal on 25 and 20 August 2003 
respectively".  The Notice entered in to force on the day following publication in the Official Journal.  
2. This was done to meet the objectives set out  in the 2001-2006 National Development Plan 
and as a Federal Government commitment to bett er regulatory practice in Mexico, as the above-
mentioned draft Mexican Official Standards will not  eliminate any health risk to consumers or 
facilitate streamlined administration.  
3. The purpose of this communication is to provi de greater information to Members on the 
preparation and amendment of technical regulatio ns, independently of the obligations under the 
Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade.  It should be noted that the draft Mexican Official Standards that have been cancelled were duly not ified to Members of the Committee in documents 
G/TBT/N/MEX/74 and G/TBT/N/MEX/78, dated 28 August and 1 September 2003 respectively.  
4. The text of the above-mentioned Notice of Canc ellation, together with the drafts of the 
cancelled Mexican Official Standards, are avai lable in Spanish in the Standards catalogue:  
www.economia.gob.mx/?P=85
 or the National Enquiry Point, namely:   G/TBT/N/MEX/74/Add.1 
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  Punto de Contacto OMC 
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Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes 
Naucalpan, Edo. de México, C.P.  53950 Tel:  (5255) 5729 9300, ext. 4156 Fax:  (5255) 5520 9715 E-mail:  cidgn@economia.gob.mx
 
 
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