MEXICO: OFFICIAL COUNTERMARK The following notification has been received in GATT Document TBT/Notification G/95.37 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 Trade 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): official countermark. 5. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Draft Mexican Official Standard NOM-106-SCFI-1994, which establishes the characteristics, requirements and conditions for use of the official seal. 6. Description of content: this Mexican official standard establishes the characteristics, requirements and conditions for use of the official countermark, and the procedure for obtaining it. 7. Objective and rationale: consumer protection. 8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial De La Federacion (official journal) of 13 January 1995. 9. Proposed date of adoption and entry into force: day following final publication in the official journal. 10. Final date for comments: 11 April 1995. (059)

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