WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/456
3 October 2000
(00-4016)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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):   Ministry of
Energy
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Energy.
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:   Enquiry Point.
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [     ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 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):   Natural Gas
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Conformity
Assessment Procedure with respect to Mexican Official Standard NOM-006-SECRE-1999,
Adding odour to natural gas.  (10 pages, in Spanish)
6. Description of content:   This Conformity Assessment Procedure establishes a
methodology intended to facilitate the task of, and provide guidance to, verification unitsand users of Mexican Official Standard NOM-006-SECRE-1999, Adding odour to natural
gas, for determining the degree of  compliance with that Standard.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Safety.
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación, 6 September 2000.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined.
10. Final date for comments:   5 November 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body: