RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.340
13December 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-4040)
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
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): Agricultural pesticides
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican Official
Standard NOM-034-FITO-1995, Establishing theRequirements and Phytosanitary
Specifications fortheNotice ofInitiation ofOperations byNatural orLegal Persons
Interested intheManufacture, Formulation, Formulation byMaquila (In-Bond) Regime,
Formulation and/or Maquila (In-Bond) Regime andImportation ofAgricultural
Pesticides
6. Description ofcontent: This Mexican Official Standard ismandatory throughout
Mexican territory andisintended toestablish therequirements forenterprises engaged in
themanufacture, formulation, formulation bymaquila (in-bond) regime, formulation
and/or maquila (in-bond) regime andimportation ofagricultural pesticides.
7. Objective andrationale: Plant health
8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial delaFederación (Official Journal) of
27September 1995
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Onthedayfollowing publication inthe
Official Journal
10. Final dateforcomments: 26December 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: