WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.412
27November 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-5028)
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 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): Flow meters
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican
Official Standard NOM-005-CNA-1995, Flow Meters -Specifications andTesting
Methods (9pages, available inSpanish)
6. Description ofcontent: This draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the
specifications andtesting methods forflowmeters forlavatories andurinals inorder to
ensure water saving intheir useandhydraulic operation. Itapplies todomestic and
foreign flowmeters ofdifferent materials marketed onthenational territory.
7. Objective andrationale: Safety
8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial delaFederación (Official Journal) of
16October 1996
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 16January 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: