Mexico - Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-140-SCFI-2016: School supplies - Scissors - Specifications and test methods) (will cancel Mexican Official Standard NOM-140-SCFI-1999: School supplies - Scissors - Specifications and test methods

The notified draft Mexican Official Standard containing the requirements to be met by school scissors was drafted in order to ensure the safety and reliability of scissors used by children and adolescents of pre-school and school age. It also seeks to ensure that the commercial information displayed on the product and its packaging is clear and legible so as to guide consumers when making their purchasing decisions.

Proposed date of adoption: Following its publication as a final standard in the Official Journal.

Proposed date of entry into force: The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will enter into force 60 calendar days after its publication in the Official Journal as a final standard.

Final date for comments: 60 calendar days after publication in the Official Journal.

If the Proposal/Notification/Regulation will affect your International Business please send us your representation with facts and figures before 20 February 2016, so that these can be taken up suitably.