RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.31
8February 1995
ORGANIZATION Special Distribution
(95-0257)
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
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): Electronic, electrical and
home electrical appliances.
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican Official Standard
NOM-024-SCFI-1994, Commercial Information -Electronic, Electrical andHome
Electrical Appliances -Instructions andGuarantees forDomestic andImported Products.
6. Description ofcontent: This Mexican Official Standard isintended toestablish the
Commercial Information (instructions, warnings andguarantee conditions) which
domestic manufacturers andimporters ofelectrical, electronic andhome electrical
appliances supply toconsumers, asdefined intheFederal LawonConsumer Protection,
when theyaremarketed inMexican territory.
7. Objective andrationale: Consumer Protection
8. Relevant documents: Diario oficial delaFederación (Official Journal) of
12January 1995
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Dayfollowing finalpublication inthe
Official Journal
10. Final dateforcomments: 10April 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: