. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/MEX/28
6 August 2002
(02-4319)
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 the Environment and Natural Resources
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 Standards/Ministry of Energy (DGN/SE) Enquiry Point.
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [     ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [ X ], other:
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Specifications,
procedures and technical and control guidelines for the use, transport, storage and
processing which identify the legal origin of forestry raw materials.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   N o t i c e  o f
Amendment and Extension of Emergency Official Mexican Standard NOM-EM-001-
RECNAT-2001 Establishing the Specifications, Procedures and Technical and Control
Guidelines for the Use, Transport, Storage a nd Processing which Identify the Legal Origin
of Forestry Raw Materials, Published on 21 December 2001  (55 pages).
6. Description of content:   This Emergency Official Mexican Standard is binding throughout
the national territory and aims to establish the specifications, procedures and technical and
control guidelines for identifying the legal origin of forestry raw materials.  It shall be
binding on natural and legal persons engaged in activities relating to the use, transport,
storage and processing of forestry raw materials.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable: 
Safety
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 21 June 2002
(available in Spanish).
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }On the day following publication in theOfficial Journal (22 June 2002);  valid for six
months.
10. Final date for comments:   Not applicableG/TBT/N/MEX/28
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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: http//www.economia-normas.gob.mx  (Standards catalogue).