MEXICO: SPRING OPERATED PRESSURE RELEASE VALVES The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. G/TBT/Notif. 96.2. 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): Spring-operated pressure release valves made of steel and brass. 5. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Draft Mexican Official Standard NOM-093-SCFI-1994, Spring-Operated Pressure Release Valves (Safety, Safety-Relief and Relief) made of steel and brass. 6. Description of content: This Mexican Official Standard establishes the quality specifications and basic criteria with respect to design, selection, operational testing, installation, use and maintenance of pressure relief valves in order to harmonize the criteria applied by manufacturers, users, authorities, departments and institutions concerned with the product. 7. Objective and rationale: Energy saving. 8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial de la Federacion (Official Journal) of 8 December 1995. 9. Proposed date of adoption and entry into force: Day following final publication in the Official Journal. 10. Final date for comments: 8 March 1996. (040)

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