MEXICO: VALVES The following notification has been received in GATT Document TBT/Notification G/95.34 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 Tide and Industrial Development. 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): valves. 5. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Draft Mexican Official Standard NOM-088-SCPI-1994, service valves with and without maximum pill device for use in non-portable liquefied petroleum gas containers. 6. Description of content: this Mexican Official Standard establishes the specifications and testing methods for service valves with and without maximum fill device for use in non-portable containers for liquefied petroleum gas used in domestic, commercial and industrial installations. 7. Objective and rationale: safety. 8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial De La Federacion (official journal) of 21 December 1994. 9. Proposed date of adoption and entry into force: day following final publication in the official journal. 10. Final date for comments: 20 March 1995. (059)

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