RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.37
8February 1995
ORGANIZATION Special Distribution
(95-0263)
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): Official Countermark
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican Official Standard
NOM-106-SCFI-1994, which establishes thecharacteristics, requirements andconditions
foruseoftheofficial seal.
6. Description ofcontent: ThisMexican Official Standard establishes thecharacteristics,
requirements andconditions foruseoftheofficial countermark, andtheprocedure for
obtaining it.
7. Objective andrationale: Consumer protection
8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial delaFederación (Official Journal) of
13January 1995
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Dayfollowing finalpublication inthe
Official Journal
10. Final dateforcomments: 11April 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: