WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.00/457
3 October 2000
(00-4017)
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):           
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-003-SECRE-1997,
Natural Gas Distribution, (12 pages, in Spanish)
6. Description of content:   This Conformity Assessment Procedure establishes a
methodology which is designed to facilitate the task of, and provide guidance for,
verification units and users of Mexican Official Standard NOM-003-SECRE-1997, NaturalGas Distribution, in determining the degree of compliance with the standard.
7.Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   
Safety
8. Relevant documents:   Diario Oficial de la Federación, 05.09.2000
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined          
10. Final date for comments:   4 November, 2000          
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           