WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.552
2October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4142)
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): Vaccines, antigens and
reagents
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican
Official Standard NOM-055-ZOO-1995, Minimum Requirements forthePreparation of
Vaccines Used inthePrevention, Control andEradication ofAvian Influenza (8pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Thepurpose ofthisMexican Official Standard istostandardize
theminimum requirements forvaccines, antigens andreagents usedintheprevention,
control anderadication ofavian influenza. Itapplies tosuchproducts whether locally
produced orimported.
7. Objective andrationale: Safety
8. Relevant documents: Official Journal oftheFederation of13August 1997 (Spanish)
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 13November 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: