Distribution date: 13 March 2003

Requisitos físicos; requisitos físicos opcionales; requisitos químicos; marcación, rotulada, envase, embalaje.

Products Covered: Harmonised System (HS) code 2503.10.00; Supplementary cementing materials (SCMs); International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 91.100.10.10

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 13 March 2003

Especificaciones del proceso de conservación de los jugos y néctares de frutas y vegetales, a través de medios físicos-químicos.

Products Covered: Harmonized System (HS) Codes 2009.11.00, 2009.20.00 and 2009.40.00, processed fruit and vegetable products, juices and nectars of certain citrus fruits preserved by physical and chemical means

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 12 March 2003

The definitive version of the Mexican Official Standard to which this amendment refers was published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación (Official Journal) on 17 January 1997 and became mandatory throughout the national territory the following day. Its main objective is to establish production and quality control specifications for chemical, pharmaceutical, biological and food products for animal use or consumption in order to protect animal health by preventing risks thereto. This Mexican Official Standard applies to all establishments engaged in the production, importation, packaging and storage for distribution and marketing purposes of chemical, pharmaceutical, biological and food products for animal use or consumption which constitute an animal health risk. The purpose of this draft amendment is to introduce new rules on definitions, conformity assessment and labelling. Given the nature of its content, this draft amendment has been notified concurrently to the WTO Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade.

Products Covered: Chemical, pharmaceutical, biological and food products for animal use

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 10 March 2003

This Order reaffirms the self-inspection obligations of parties responsible for placing fertilizing substances and growing media on the market in accordance with mandatory standards. It supplements the Order establishing the mandatory implementation of standards and sets out the characteristics of the products which are subject to regular analyses by the parties responsible for placing them on the market, both to check that they comply with the respective standards and to ensure their safety for humans, animals and the environment.

Products Covered: Fertilizing substances and growing media [CN 3101 to 3105] [ICS 65.080]

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 10 March 2003

Mandatory implementation of two updated standards on basic mineral amendments and growing media. Updating of the earlier Orders establishing the mandatory implementation of standards without modification of the existing standards. Updating of the mutual recognition procedure in accordance with the provisions adopted by the Commission in October 2001.

Products Covered: Basic mineral amendments and growing media [CN 3101 to 3105] [ICS 65.080]

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 03 March 2003

The proposal amends inter alia the list of specified risk material, which is extended to include tonsils of bovine animals of all ages and the ileum of sheep and goats of all ages. Special provisions are laid down for the harvesting of bovine tongue. The Commission expects comments on: Annex XI ( list of specified risk material). In its opinion on TSE infectivity distribution in ruminant tissues, adopted on 7-8 November 2002, the Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) recommended that tonsils of bovine animals of any age should be regarded as posing a risk of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The ileum is added to the list of specified risk material based on the precautionary principle. Further Background: In notification G/SPS/N/EEC/133 Rev.1 Add.1 (27 March 2002) the EC informed of another proposal ending in Commission Regulation 1494/2002 of 21 August 2002 amending Annexes III, VII and XI to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and the Council as regards monitoring of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, eradication of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, removal of specified risk materials and rules for importation of live animals and products of animal origin (OJ L225, 22/08/2002 pp:03 – 10).

Products Covered: Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled (0201), Meat of bovine animals, frozen (0202), Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen (0204), Edible offal of bovine animals fresh, chilled or frozen (0206), Meat of bovine animals and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal (0210 20), Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked (0504), Raw material for the manufacture of animal feedingstuffs (CN 0210.90). Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinised; powder and waste of these products (0506), Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 1503 (1502), Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products (1601), Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood (1602), Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; greaves (2301), Gelatine (including gelatin in rectangular (including square) sheets, whether or not surface-worked or coloured) and gelatine derivatives; isinglass; other glues of animal origin, excluding casein glues of heading 3501 (3503).

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 03 March 2003

The proposal notified hereby extends until 30 June 2005, the period for transitional measures foreseen by article 23 of Regulation 999/2001 to permit the changeover to this regulation. Further Background In notification G/SPS/N/EEC/72 (16 April 1999) the EC informed of a proposal ending in: Regulation 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. (OJ. L147, 31/05/2001, pp:1-40). This regulation set rules for the determination of the "BSE status" of a country from what it follows certain measures for the control of BSE as well as of the import/export trade. Article 23 of this regulation foresees the introduction of transitional measures prior to the determination of the BSE status of a country. In notification G/SPS/N/EEC/133 (3 August 2001) the EC informed of a proposal ending in Regulation 1326/2001 of 29 June 2001 laying down transitional measures to permit the changeover to the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council No 999/2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, and amending Annexes VII and XI to that Regulation (OJ L177, 30/06/01 pp.60-67). According to this regulation transitional measures were adopted which expire on the 30 June 2003.

Products Covered: Live bovine ovine and caprine (CN 0102 & 0104). Meat: fresh or frozen -of bovines (0201, 0202), ovine and caprine (0204); minced (020230, 02042300, 020443, 020450) or in preparations (1606). Edible offal of bovine animals fresh, chilled or frozen (0206); salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal (0210 20), guts, bladders and stomachs of bovine ovine and caprine animals (0504). Bovine casings (05040000) and products that may contain them. Raw material for the manufacture of feedingstuffs (0210.90). Bones (05606) and bone products (3503, 0210 & 2301). Rendered fats - bovine, ovine and caprine - (1502, 1506 & 1518). Meat preparations including extracts of bovine, ovine and caprine (1601 and 1602), including food preparation containing meat (1902). Gravies ("greaves") for human consumption of bovine, ovine and caprine origin (2301). Pet-food (2309). Processed animal protein in positions 0210 and 2301. Gelatine and derivatives (3503).

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 20 February 2003

Products Covered: Products destined for dentin hypersensibility (HS: 33.06)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 20 February 2003

Products Covered: In vitro diagnostic medical devices: VI. - Chemical products, Chapter 30, 3006

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 20 February 2003

Products Covered: Mineral materials, asbestos: 2524 00; chemical materials, vinyl-chloride:  2903 21

Regulation Type: Regular notification