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Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY NOM 160 SEMARNAT 2011 establishing elements and procedures for formulating hazardous waste management plans) (13 pages, in Spanish)
Mexico issued an addendum on 22 June 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/MEX/215. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 22 August 2011. The comment period closed on 11 October 2011.
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Hazardous waste
The comment period closed on 11 October 2011. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/MEX/215/Add.1; it can take them up with Mexico.
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Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-160-SEMARNAT-2011 establishing elements and procedures for formulating hazardous waste management plans
Please be advised of the publication of draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-160-SEMARNAT-2026 establishing elements and procedures for formulating hazardous waste management plans.__________
The following entities are required to comply with the notified Mexican Official Standard, in accordance with the General Law for the Prevention and Comprehensive Management of Waste (Ley General para la Prevención y Gestión Integral de los Residuos): (i) Large generators of hazardous waste; and (ii) producers, exporters, importers and distributors of products which, when disposed of, become the hazardous waste referred to in Article 31, subsections I to XI, of the aforementioned Law, and the notified Mexican Official Standard.
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AddendumG/TBT/N/MEX/215/Add.1
Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-160-SEMARNAT-2011 establishing elements and procedures for formulating hazardous waste management plans
Please be advised of the publication of draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-160-SEMARNAT-2026 establishing elements and procedures for formulating hazardous waste management plans.__________
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/MEX/215
Comment deadline: Closed on 11 October 2011
Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY NOM 160 SEMARNAT 2011 establishing elements and procedures for formulating hazardous waste management plans) (13 pages, in Spanish)
The following entities are required to comply with the notified Mexican Official Standard, in accordance with the General Law for the Prevention and Comprehensive Management of Waste (Ley General para la Prevención y Gestión Integral de los Residuos): (i) Large generators of hazardous waste; and (ii) producers, exporters, importers and distributors of products which, when disposed of, become the hazardous waste referred to in Article 31, subsections I to XI, of the aforementioned Law, and the notified Mexican Official Standard.
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