. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/MEX/79
2 September 2003
(03-4572)
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 Health
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 Standard s/Ministry of the Economy (DGN/SE) Enquiry Point.
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):  Sterile and non-sterile
Kehr and Catell biliary drainage T-tubes
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Mexican
Official Standard PROY-NOM-224-SSA1-2002 Es tablishing Sanitary Specifications for
Sterile and Non-Sterile Kehr and Catell Biliary Drainage T-Tubes  (31 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   This draft Mexican Official Standard (NOM) establishes the
requirements for sterile and non-sterile single-use Kehr and Catell biliary drainage T-tubes.
Upon final publication, compliance with this Standard will be mandatory
throughout Mexican territory for all industries, laboratories and establishments engaged in
the manufacture, importation and distribution of such products.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Control the sanitary quality of these products in order to protect human health and
user safety.
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of
28 August 2003.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not applicable
10. Final date for comments:   27 October 2003G/TBT/N/MEX/79
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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:  www.economia.gob.mx/?P=85 (Standards catalogue).
E-mail: cidgn@economia.gob.mx