MEXICO: PROTECTIVE FOOTWEAR The following notification has been received in GATT document TBT/Notification G/95.28 dated 8 February 1995. 1. Member to agreement notifying: Mexico if applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2): 2. Agency responsible: Ministry of Labour and Social Security. 3. Notified under Article 2.9.2. 4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): protective footwear. 5. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Draft Mexican Official Standard NOM-113-STPS-1994, protective footwear (shoes). 6. Description of content: this Mexican official standard establishes the minimum safety specifications, testing methods and characteristics for new protective footwear used by workers in their work, according to the risk, as protection for their feet. 7. Objective and rationale: safety. 8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial De La Federacion (official journal) of 20 January 1995. 9. Proposed date of adoption and entry into force: day following final publication in the official journal. 10. Final date for comments: 18 April 1995. (058)

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