RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.185
14June1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-1580)
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: Department ofEnergy
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): Radioactive waste
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican Official
Standard NOM-004-NUCL-1994, Classification ofRadioactive Waste
6. Description ofcontent: TheStandard establishes thecriteria fortheclassification of
radioactive waste produced bythenuclear industry, within themeaning ofArticle 11of
theLawestablishing regulations under Article 27oftheConstitution withrespect to
nuclear matters.
7. Objective andrationale: Theclassification ofradioactive waste enables thecriteria and
requirements tobeestablished with aview tosafety inoperations ofhandling,
treatment, packaging, transport andtemporary anddefinitive storage ofsuchwaste.
8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial delaFederación (Official Journal) of
20March 1995
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Dayfollowing finalpublication inthe
Official Journal
10. Final dateforcomments: 21June1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: