WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.216
22May1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-2141)
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 ofHealth
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): Urine collection bags
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican
Official Standard NOM-136-SSA1-1995, Establishing Sanitary Specifications forUrine
Collection Bags (6pages, Spanish)
6. Description ofcontent: Thepresent Mexican Official Standard isintended tolaydown
thesanitary specifications forurine collection bagsandthemethods fortesting them.
ThisStandard iscompulsory throughout thecountry forallindustries andestablishments
involved inthemanufacture, importation anddistribution ofthisproduct.
7. Objective andrationale: Security
8. Relevant documents: Official Journal of23April 1997
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 23July1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: