MEXICO: HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES USING NATURAL GAS OR LPG FOR COOKING FOOD The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif. 96.8. 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): Stoves, ovens and grillers. 5. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Draft Mexican Official Standard NOM-23-SCFI-1994, Household Appliances Using Natural Gas or LPG for Cooking Food. 6. Description of content: This Standard establishes the specifications and testing methods for stoves, ovens and grillers using natural gas or LPG for cooking and warming food, for domestic use, and the testing methods for ascertaining compliance with those values. 7. Objective and rationale: Safety. 8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial de la Federacion (Official Journal) of 18 December 1995. 9. Proposed date of adoption and entry into force: Day following final publication in the Official Journal. 10. Final date for comments: 17 March 1996. (039)

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