WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/MEX/8
3 October 2001
(01-4752)
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 Economy
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, 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:   Contact point
DGN/SE
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):   Water and ice
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Mexican
Official Standard PROY-NOM-201-SSA1-2000, Goods and Services.  Water and Ice forHuman Consumption, Pre-packaged and in Bulk.  Sanitary Specifications (53 pages, in
Spanish)
6. Description of content:   Establishes sanitary specifications and provisions to be met by
water and ice for human consumption, either pre-packaged or in bulk, except for water
consumed directly from supply systems.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   
Safety
8. Relevant documents:   Official Journal (Diario Oficial de la Federación),
12 September 2001
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined
10. Final date for comments:   11 November 2001
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Website:  http://www.economia.gob.mx/normas (Standards Catalogue)