WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.611
7October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4262)
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
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
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): Hides andtanned skins,
footwear, leather goods
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican
Official Standard NOM-020-SCFI-1997, Commercial Information. Labelling ofNatural
Hides andTanned Skins, andArtificial Leather having theAppearance ofNatural
Leather, ofFootwear andLeather Goods, andofother Articles Made from these
Materials (5pages, Spanish)
6. Description ofcontent: TheStandard laysdown thecommercial information tobe
provided withnatural hides andtanned skins, artificial materials, footwear, leather goods
andproducts made entirely orpartly from such materials, aswellasthematerials,
elements, substances andingredients usedintheirmanufacture, inorder toenable them
tobemarketed inMexico.
7. Objective andrationale: Consumer protection
8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial delaFederación (Official Journal) of
4September 1997
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 4December 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: