MEX/513
WTO/TBT
MX Mexico
  • 97 - Domestic and commercial equipment, Entertainment, Sports
2022-09-25
2022-08-05

Wood particle board and wood fibreboard

PROYECTO de Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-203-SE-2020, Que establece los límites máximos permisibles de emisión de formaldehído en tableros de partículas de madera y tableros de fibras de madera fabricados con urea formaldehído y en los productos fabricados con este tipo de tableros (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-203-SE-2020 establishing the maximum permissible limits for formaldehyde emissions from wood particle board and wood fibreboard manufactured using urea-formaldehyde, and products manufactured with this type of board) (34 pages, in Spanish)

The notified technical regulation (draft Mexican Official Standard) establishes maximum permissible limits for formaldehyde emissions from and the formaldehyde content of wood particle board and wood fibreboard which are manufactured using urea-formaldehyde as an adhesive, in addition to furniture and parts thereof, and all other products manufactured using this type of board. It also applies to domestically-produced and imported wood particle board and wood fibreboard, during the production of which urea-formaldehyde resins were used, in addition to domestically-produced and imported furniture and parts thereof, and all products manufactured using this type of board.