**Translation of NOM-007**

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**SECRETARIAT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORT**

**Mexican Official Standard NOM-007-SCT2/2002, Markings of packages and
packaging [destined to the transport of hazardous substances and wastes.
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At the margin a seal with the National Crest that says: United Mexican
States.- Secretariat of Communications and Transport.

MEXICAN OFFICIAL STANDARD NOM-007-SCT2/2002, MARKINGS OF PACKAGES AND
PACKAGINGS DESTINED TO THE TRANSPORT OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND WASTES.

AARON DYCHTER POLTOLAREK, Under Secretary of Transport and President of
the National Consultative Committee for Standardization of the Land
Transport, with foundation on articles 36 fraction I of the Organic Law
of the Federal Public Administration; 1^st^., 38 fraction II, 40
fractions I, V and XVI, 41, 43 and 51 of the Federal Law on Metrology
and Standardization; 4^th^. Of the Federal Law of Administrative
Procedures; 5^th^. Fraction VI of the Federal Law of Roads, Bridges and
Auto Transport; 34 of the Regulation of the Federal Law on Metrology and
Standardization; 1^st^., 19 and 32 of the Regulation for the Land
Transport of Hazardous Materials and Wastes and 6^th^. Fraction XIII of
the Interior Regulation of the Secretariat of Communications and
Transport and any other legal ordainment that may result applicable, and

**CONSIDERING**

That the packages and packaging utilized to transport hazardous
substances and wastes require bearing the corresponding marks that
guarantees its integrity, by going through and passing the laboratory
testing procedures.

That having complied with the procedure established in the Federal Law
on Metrology and Standardization and its Regulation for the issuing of
Mexican Official Standards, the Under Secretary of Transport and
President of the National Consultative Committee for the Standardization
of the Land Transport, on August 14, 2002, ordered the publication in
the **Federation Official Journal** of the Project for the Mexican
Official Standard PROY-NOM-007-SCT2/2002, Marking of the Packages and
Packaging destined to the Transport of Hazardous Substances and Wastes,
which establishes the characteristics and specifications that must be
complied with for the marking of the packages and packaging, destined to
the transport of hazardous materials, substances and wastes, in order to
submit it to the public opinion.

That during the period of 60 natural days, counted as of the date of
publication of the Project for the Mexican Official Standard, the
Manifest of Regulatory Impact and the analysis that served as a base for
its elaboration, referred on article 45 of the Federal Law on Metrology
and Standardization and 32 of its Regulation, were at the disposal of
the public in general for its consultation.

That the Decree of the Promulgation of the Agreement 170, on article
7^th^. "Labeling and Marking", points out on point 1 that: "all chemical
products must carry a mark that allows its identification. Also on point
3.1 points out that for the marking or labeling of chemical products,
these demands must be established by the competent authorities or by an
approved and recognized Organism by a Competent Authority in conformity
with the National or International Standards"

That this Mexican Official Standard, recognizes the recommendations
issued by the Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods
of the United Nations Organization in December of 1999.

That the Federal Law on Metrology and Standardization, on article 51,
fourth paragraph, establishes the obligation of revising the Mexican
Official Standards every five years. In this sense, once the revision
and the corresponding notification are performed and due to the fact
that it is indispensable to application of the general precepts
established within the Standard, its modification was determined, with
the purpose of actualizing it to the eleventh edition of the United
Nations, without essentially modifying its contents nor its
identification codes.

That the modification of this Standard is necessary, in view that the
international guidelines with which it is actually harmonized and served
as a base for its elaboration, were actualized, also it is fundamental
to incorporate within it the general criteria in matters of Evaluation
of Conformity, to the effect of granting security and legality to the
manufacturers, consumers and users of the packages and packaging
utilized for the transportation of hazardous materials, substances and
wastes.

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That given the importance of the utilization of adequate packages and
packaging, destined to contain these materials during their
transportation, it is necessary to be performed under conditions that
guarantees the security in the usage of the transportation services and
that this represents a minimal risk for the people and the environment.

For all the above, I am issuing the following:

Sincerely,

Mexico City, April 7, 2003.- The Under Secretary of Transport and
President of the consultative Committee for the Standardization of the
Land Transport, **Aarón Dychter Poltolarek.-** Signed

**MEXICAN OFFICIAL STANDARD NOM-007-SCT2/2002 MARKINGS OF PACKAGES AND
PACKAGINGS DESTINED TO THE TRANSPORT OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND WASTES**

**PREFACE**

In the elaboration of this Mexican Official Standard participated the
following:

**SECRETARIAT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORT**

DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF FEDERAL AUTO TRANSPORT

DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF TARIFFS, RAILROAD AND MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION

DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF MERCHANT MARINE

DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF LEGAL COUNSELING

MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION

**SECRETARIAT OF THE INTERIOR**

DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF CIVIL PROTECTION

NATIONAL CENTER OF PREVENTION OF DISASTERS

**SECRETARIAT OF PUBLIC SAFETY**

FEDERAL PREVENTIVE POLICE

**SECRETARIAT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES**

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY

DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF INTEGRAL CONTAMINANTS HANDLING

**SECRETARIAT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE**

DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF FEDERAL REGISTRY OF FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES
CONTROL

DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF MILITARY INDUSTRY

**SECRETARIAT OF ENERGY**

NATIONAL COMMISSION OF NUCLEAR SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS

DIRECTORATE GENERAL FOR L.P. GAS

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**SECRETARIAT OF HEALTH**

DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

**SECRETARIAT OF LABOR AND SOCIAL PREVISION**

DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF SECURITY AND HEALTH AT WORK

**GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL DISTRICT**

DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF CIVIL PROTECTION

**PETROLEOS MEXICANOS**

INDUSTRIAL SECURITY, ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND ENERGY SAVINGS AUDIT
OFFICE.

NATIONAL CHAMBER OF THE TRANSFORMATION INDUSTRY (CANACINTRA)

NATIONAL CHAMBER OF CARGO AUTO TRANSPORT (CANACAR)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE CHENICAL INDUSTRY, A.C.(ANIQ)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS OF PAINTS AND DYES A.C. (ANAFAPYT)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONOF MANUFACTURERS OF AROMATIC PRODUCTS A.C. (ANFPA)

MEXICAN ASSOCIATION OF NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTS COMPANIES, A.C. (AMEPND)

CARGO CARRIERS ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL STATE OF VERACRUZ, A.C. (ATCCEVAC)

GRUPO INTERMEX

DESC, S.A. DE C.V.

DUPONT, S.A. DE C.V.

**INDEX**

1.  Objective

2.  Field of application

3.  References

4.  Definitions

5.  Specifications for the marking of packages and packaging

6.  Bibliography

7.  Harmonization with Standards and international guidelines

8.  Compliance

9.  Inspection

10. Evaluation of Conformity

11. Sanctions

12. Validity

13. Transitory

    1.  **Objective**

> This Mexican Official Standard has as an objective to establish the
> characteristics and specifications that must be complied with, for the
> marking of the packages and packaging destined to the transportation
> of hazardous substances, materials and wastes.

2.  **Field of Application**

> This Mexican Official Standard within the sphere of its
> responsibilities, is of obligatory compliance for the shippers and
> consignees of the materials, substances and wastes, and of the
> manufacturers responsible for the construction and reconstruction of
> the packages and packaging that are utilized for its transportation.
>
> The packages and packaging that are delivered for its use in
> transportation must comply with the provisions established in this
> Standard.
>
> This Standard is not applicable for:

a)  Packages and packaging destined to have as contents, materials of
    class 7, radioactive, or its residues, which will be subject to the
    standards issued by the Secretariat of Energy, through the National
    Commission of Nuclear Safety and Safeguards.

b)  Packages and packaging for the transportation of refrigerated
    compressed gases, liquefied or pressure dissolved, class 2, and

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> **c)** Packages and packaging whose net weight exceeds 400 Kg. or
> whose capacity exceeds 450 liters.

1.  **References**

> For the correct application of this Standard, it is necessary to
> consult the following Mexican Official Standards or those substituting
> them:
>
> NOM-002-SCT List of Hazardous Substances and Materials more Usually
> Transported.
>
> NOM-024-SCT2 . Specifications for the Construction and Reconstruction,
> as well as the
>
> Test Methods for the Packages and Packaging for Hazardous Substances,
> Materials and Wastes.
>
> NOM-052-ECOL/1993 Establishes the Characteristics of the Hazardous
> Wastes, a List of them and the Limits that make a Waste Hazardous due
> to its Toxicity to the Environment.

2.  **Definitions**

> **Package.-** Any utensil or wrapping in which the product is
> contained, for its distribution or sale.
>
> **Packaging.-** A material that wraps, contains and protects
> adequately the pre-packed products, that facilitates and resists the
> storage and transportations operations.
>
> **Drum.-** Is a cylindrical package and packaging with flat or convex
> surfaces, made of metal, fiberboard, plastic, plywood or any other
> appropriate material. This definition also includes the packages and
> packaging that have other shapes, for instance, the round ones with
> conical neck packages and packaging or the packages and packaging with
> a cubic shape.
>
> **Jerrican.-** Is a metal or plastic package or packaging of
> rectangular or polygonal cross-section.
>
> **Wooden barrels,-** Are packaging made of natural wood, of round
> cross-section, having convex walls, consisting of staves and heads and
> fitted with hoops.
>
> **Boxes.-** Are packaging with complete rectangular or polygonal
> faces, made of metal, wood, plywood, reconstituted wood, fiberboard,
> plastics or other suitable material. Small holes for purposes such as
> ease of handling or opening, or to meet classification requirements,
> are permitted as long as they do not compromise the integrity of the
> packaging during transportation
>
> **Receptacles.-** Are containment vessels for receiving and holding
> substances or articles, including any means of closing.

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> **Bags or Sacks**.- Are flexible packaging made of paper, plastics
> film, textiles, woven material or other suitable materials.
>
> **Crates.-** Are outer packaging with incomplete surfaces and open
> spaces between its constructive elements.
>
> **Composite packaging.-** Are packaging consisting of an outer
> packaging and an inner receptacle so constructed that the inner
> receptacle and the outer packaging form an integral packaging. Once
> assembled it remains thereafter an integrated single unit; it is
> filled, stored, transported and emptied as such.
>
> **Packaging.-** Includes a metal drum that are:
>
> **Reconditioned**
>
> **a)** Has been cleaned to original materials of construction, with
> all former contents, internal and external corrosion, and external
> coatings and labels removed;

b)  Restored to original shape and contour, with chimes (if any)
    straightened and sealed and all non-integral gaskets replaced; and

c)  Inspected after cleaning but before painting, with rejection of
    packaging with visible pitting, significant reduction in material
    thickness, metal fatigue, damaged threads or closures, or other
    significant defects.

    1.  **Specification for the Marking of Packages and Packaging**

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    1.  Every package and packaging destined to be utilized for the
        transport of hazardous materials, substances or wastes , must
        bear perfectly visible markings, indelible, legible, and its
        size will be in proportion with the package and packaging.

> Besides, on each package and packaging the transport official
> designation of the hazardous material, substance or waste, must appear
> (appropriate name of the shipping), with the corresponding number of
> identification from the United Nations, preceded by the letters "UN".
> In the case of substances of division 1.4, compatibility group "S",
> also indicate the division and the letter of the compatibility group,
> unless they go marked with the label 1.4 S". Example of marking:
>
> Liquids, corrosive, N.O.S. (Caprilil Chloride) UN 1760
>
> For packages and packaging with a gross weight of more than 30 kg.,
> the marking or a duplicate of it must appear on the upper part or at a
> side of the package or packaging.
>
> Letters, numbers and symbols must be at least 12 mm. high, except for
> packages and packaging of less than 30 liters of capacity in which
> case they must be at least of 6 mm. high and for packages and
> packaging of 5 liters or les than 5 kg., they should be of an
> appropriated size.
>
> **The marking should indicate:**

a)  The United Nations symbol for package and packaging.

> u
>
> n

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This symbol must not be utilized except to certify that a determined
package or packaging, complies with the specifications of the Mexican
Official Standard NOM-024-SCT2, Specifications for the Construction and
Reconstruction, as well as the Test Methods of the Packages and
Packaging of the Hazardous Substances, Materials and Wastes, and with is
established in the Regulation for the Land Transport of Hazardous
Materials and Wastes.

Only the packages and packaging that have passed successfully the
performance test criteria prescribed on the Mexican Official Standard
NOM-024-SCT2, must be marked with the United Nations symbol.

In the case of the packages and packaging of metal manufacture with
embossed or engraved marks, upper case letters can be used for the "UN"
symbol.

**b)** The code for the designation of the type of package or packaging
consists of:

**bi)** An arabic digit that indicates the type of package or packaging,
for example, (drum, jerrican, etc.) followed by:

**bii**) One or several upper case letters in latin characters that
indicate the nature of the material, for example, (steel, wood, etc.)
followed, when necessary, by:

**biii)** An Arabic digit that indicates the category of the package and
packaging within the type to which it belongs to.

In the case of the composite packages and packaging, on the second place
of the code, there must be two upper case letters, in latin characters.
The first one indicates the material of the inner package and the second
the one for the outside package and packaging.

In the case of the combined packages and packaging and those for
infectious substances, it should only be used the code corresponding to
the outside package and packaging.

The code of the type of package or packaging may be followed by the
letters "T", "V", or "W".

1.  Letter "T" indicates an emergency package o packaging that complies
    with the provision on paragraph 7.1.10 of the Mexican Official
    Standard NOM_024-SCT2.

2.  Letter "V" indicates an special package or packaging that complies
    with the provisions of paragraph 7.1.6.1 of the Mexican Official
    Standard NOM-024-SCT2

3.  Letter "W", indicates that the package or packaging, although it is
    of the type designed by the code, it has been manufactured according
    to different specifications to those indicated on section 6 of the
    Mexican Official Standard NOM-024-SCT2 and it is considered
    equivalent to what it is prescribed on paragraph 5.18 of the Mexican
    Official Standard NOM-024-SCT2.

For the designation of numerals and letters referred to on previous
paragraphs, whatever is indicated on Table 1, will remain.

b)  A code made of two parts.

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l)  A letter that indicates that the packaging group or groups for which
    the model have passed the tests:

> **X,** For packaging groups I. II, III;
>
> **Y,** For packaging groups II and III;
>
> **Z,** For packaging group III only.

II) In the case of packages and packaging that does not have an inner
    package destined to the transport of liquids, the relative density,
    rounded to the first decimal, (This indication can be omitted if the
    relative density does not exceed 1.2); in the case of packages and
    packaging destined to solid substances or of inner package or
    packaging, the maximum gross weight must be shown in kilograms.

> **d)** Either the letter "S", that indicates that the package or
> packaging is destined to the transport of solids or of inner packages
> and packaging, or else in the in the packages and packaging (other
> than the combination ones), destined to the transport of liquids and
> that they passed the hydrostatic test, meaning the test pressure in
> kilopascals (k Pa), rounded to the nearest tenth.

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e.  It must also include the last two digits of the year of manufacture
    of the package or packaging**. t**he types with assigned codes "1H"
    and "3H" must also have the month of manufacture; this can be marked
    on a different place than the other markings. To such end, the
    appropriate end is the following:

f.  The distinctive sign of the country of manufacture. In the case of
    packages and packaging manufactured in Mexico the letters MEX must
    be placed on them.

g.  The package and packaging must also have the name or another mark
    that identifies the manufacturer or the Test Laboratory prescribed
    by the agency, that certifies that the packages and packaging
    satisfy the construction and reconstruction specifications and the
    test methods for packages and packaging of hazardous substances,
    materials and wastes pointed out on NOM-024-SCT.

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1.  Besides the indelible marks that appear on point 5.1, each barrel or
    drum of new metal of a capacity larger than 100 litters must carry
    the marks described on point 5.1, sections a) to e), in the lower
    side, with an indication of the nominal thickness of at least the
    metal used in the body (in mm. up to 0.1 mm.), This marking must be
    made on a permanent manner (embossed example). When the nominal
    thickness of the top and bottom of a metal drum is thinner than the
    body, the nominal thickness of the upper part, the body and the down
    portion must be marked on a permanent manner. For example:
    "1.0-1.2-1.0" or "0.9-1.0-1.0".

The theoretical metal thicknesses will be determined according to the
appropriate steel standards or its equivalents. The markings indicated
on sections f) and g) of paragraph 5.1, will not be applied in permanent
form (embossed).

1.  For barrels or drums manufactured of reconditioned metals, if there
    are no changes of the type of package or packaging and without
    replacement or elimination of integrated structural components,
    required markings does not have to be permanent. All other drums of
    reconditioned metals will carry the markings as indicated in
    sections from a) to e) of point 5.1 in a permanent manner (embossed)
    in the upper part or in the body.

2.  Metal drums made of materials designed to be repeatedly
    reconditioned, (example: stainless steel), may carry the markings
    indicated on point 5.1, sections f( and g) in a permanent manner.

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2.  Every reusable package or packaging, that can be subjected to a
    reconditioning process that may erase the markings, must carry the
    markings indicated on sections from a) to e) of point 5.1, in the
    same order indicated on in a permanent manner, (embossed or in
    relief). Permanent markings are those which are considered that can
    resist the reconditioning process. In the case of packages or
    packaging that are not metal drums with a capacity over 100 litters,
    these permanent marks may replace the permanent marks mentioned on
    point 5.1.

3.  In the case of reconditioned packages and packaging, indelible marks
    must be included, in the appropriate order according to what it is
    indicated :

    e.  The distinctive sign of the country in which the reconditioning
        has been performed, for which the distinctive symbol used by
        automobiles in the international traffic (MEX)

    f.  Name and authorized symbol of the re-manufacturer.

    g.  Year of the reconditioning, the letter "R" that indicates
        reconditioning and the letter "L" in case that the packages and
        packaging have passed the hermetic test referred to on the
        Mexican Official Standard NOM-024-SCT2, Specifications for the
        construction and reconstruction as well as the Test Methods of
        the Packages and Packaging of the Hazardous Materials and
        Wastes.

These marks must be placed by the referred one on point 5.1 and may
substitute the markings established on sections f) and g).

4.  When after reconditioning, the markings required on point 5.1,
    sections a) to d) do not appear on the top part or on the sides of a
    metal drum, the re-manufacturer must apply the indications of point
    5.4, sections h), i) and j). These markings must not identify a
    larger capacity vessel for which the original design type has been
    tested and marked.

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Following it is shown an example of markings for new and reconditioned
packages and packaging.

**NEW**

**4G/Y145/S/83/**

**MEX/VL 824**

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**[CHARACTERISTIC NUMBER OR LETTER ORIGIN]{.underline}**

[Box 4 Table 1]{.underline}

[Fiberboard G Table 1]{.underline}

[Packing Group II and III Y Section c(I)]{.underline}

[Gross weight of material 145 Section c (II)]{.underline}

[Solid material S Section d]{.underline}

[Year of manufacture 83 Section f]{.underline}

[Country of manufacture Mex Section f]{.underline}

[Manufacturer's mark VL 824 Section g]{.underline}

**RECONDITIONED**

**1A1/Y 1.4/150/83/**

**[MEX/VL 824 RL CHARACTERISTIC NUMBER OR LETTER ORIGIN]{.underline}**

[Drum 1 Table 1]{.underline}

[Steel A Table 1]{.underline}

[Fixed top 1 Table 1]{.underline}

[Packing Group II,III Y Section c (I) Relative density 1.4 Section c
(II)]{.underline}

[Hydrostatic test pressure 150 Section d]{.underline}

[Year of manufacture 83 Section e]{.underline}

[Country of manufacture Mex Section h]{.underline}

[Manufacturer's mark VL 824 Section I]{.underline}

[Reconditioned R Section j]{.underline}

[Hermetic Test]{.underline} [L Section j]{.underline}

The following numbers show the type of package and packaging:

1.  Drum

2.  Barrel (Wood drum)

3.  Jerrican

4.  Box

5.  Sack

6.  Composite package

7.  Pressure vessel

The following upper case letters indicate the type of material:

**A** Steel

**B** Aluminum

**C** Natural wood

**D** Plywood

**F** Reconstituted wood

**G** Fiberboard

**H** Plastic

**L** Fabric

**M** Multiwall paper

**N** Metal (except steel and aluminum)

**P** Glass, porcelain or stoneware

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**TABLE 1**

**CODES ASSIGNED TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PACKAGES AND PACKING**

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**TYPE OF PACKAGE MATERIAL CATEGORY DESIGNATION CODE**

**[AND PACKAGING]{.underline}**

**1.** Drums A. Steel 1 Fixed top 1A1

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ [Removable top 1A2]{.underline}

[B. Aluminum 1. Fixed top 1B1]{.underline}

[2. Removable top 1B2]{.underline}

[D. Plywood 1D]{.underline}

[G. Fiberboard 1G]{.underline} [H. Plastic 1. Fixed top 3H1]{.underline}

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ [2.
Removable top 3H2]{.underline}

**2.** Barrels, Casks C. Wood [1. With bung 2C1]{.underline}

[2. Removable top 2C2]{.underline}

**3**. Jerricans A. Steel [1. Fixed top 3A1]{.underline}

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ [2. Removable top 3A2]{.underline}

B. Aluminum [1. Fixed top 3B1 \_]{.underline} [2. Removable top
3B2]{.underline}

H. Plastic [1. Fixed top 3H1]{.underline}

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ [2.
Removable top 3H2]{.underline}

**4.** Boxes [A. Steel 4A]{.underline}

[B. Aluminum 4B]{.underline}

C. Natural wood [1. Ordinary 4C1]{.underline}

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ [2. With siftproof walls 4C2]{.underline}

[D. Plywood 4D]{.underline}

[F. Reconstituted wood 4F]{.underline}

[G. Fiberboard 4G]{.underline}

H. Plastic [1. Expanded 4H1]{.underline}

[2. Rigid 4H2]{.underline}

**5.** Sacks/Bags H. Plastics material [1. No inside lining
5H1]{.underline}

[2. Non sieving 5H2]{.underline}

[3. Water resistant 5H3]{.underline}

[H. Plastic film 5H4]{.underline}

L. Textiles [1. No inner liner 5L1]{.underline}

[2. Sift-proof 5L2]{.underline}

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ [3. Water resistant 5L3]{.underline}

M. Paper [1. Multi wall 5M1]{.underline}

[2.. Multi wall, water resistant 5M2]{.underline}

**6.** Composite H. Plastic [1. In steel drum 6HA1]{.underline}

packaging receptacle [2. In steel crate or box 6HA2]{.underline}

[1. In aluminum drum 6HB1]{.underline}

[2. In aluminum crate or box 6HB2]{.underline}

[In wooden box 6HC]{.underline}

[1. In plywood drum 6HD1]{.underline}

[2. In plywood box 6HD2]{.underline}

[1. In fiber drum 6HG1]{.underline}

[2. In fiberboard box 6HG2]{.underline}

[1. In plastics drum 6HH1]{.underline}

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ [2. In solid plastics box 6HH2]{.underline}

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> P. Glass, porcelain [1. In steel drum 6PA1]{.underline}

or stoneware [2. In steel crate or box 6PA2]{.underline}

receptacle [1. In aluminum drum 6PB1]{.underline}

[2. In aluminum crate or box 6BP2]{.underline}

[In wooden box 6PC]{.underline}

[1. In plywood drum 6PD1]{.underline}

[2. In wickerwork hamper 6PD2]{.underline}

[1. In fiber drum 6PG1]{.underline} [2. In fiberboard box
6PG2]{.underline} [1. In expanded plastics packing 6PH1]{.underline} [2.
In solid plastics packaging 6PH2]{.underline}

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5.  **Bibliography**

Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, issued by the
United Nations Organization, Eleventh Edition, New York and Geneva,
1999; Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Model
Regulation, issued by the United Nations Organization, Eleventh edition,
New York and Geneva, 1999.

Federal Law on Metrology and Standardization, and its Regulation.

ISO Standard 3574:1984 for Steel.

**7. Harmonization with international standards and regulations**

This Mexican Official Standard is equivalent to the Recommendations on
the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Model Regulations, Eleventh revised
edition, of the United Nations Chapter 6.1, points 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3
and 6.1.4

8.  **Compliance**

In conformity with the Regulations for the Transport of Hazardous
Materials and Wastes, compliance of this Mexican Official Standard is
obligatory.

9.  **Inspection**

The Secretariat of Communications and Transport, through the competent
directorates generals is the authority to supervise compliance of this
Mexican Official Standard.

10. **Evaluation of Conformity**

The Evaluation of Conformity will be performed under the scheme set
forth by the Federal Law on Metrology and Standardization, by the
Organisms of Certification and the accredited and approved Test
Laboratories or else by the Secretariat.

**10.1.-** Every package or packaging destined to contain and transport
hazardous substances and wastes, must show, stamped, a code that
includes the UN marks that guarantees having been manufactured according
to what is established on the Mexican Official Standard NOM-024-SCT2,
including the code sequence as it is described in this Standard.

**10.2.-** The Test Laboratories will be the responsible entities for
performing the integrity tests as required by Standard NOM-024-SCT2.
Assigning the corresponding UN marking, in coordination with this agency
as it is defined in this Standard and to provide the test reports that
will include the obtained results.

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**10.3.-**The Product Certification Organisms will be the ones
responsible of granting the certifications to the manufacturer or
remanufacturer, when solicited by them, recognizing the Test
Laboratories.

**10.4.-** Every manufacturer or remanufacturer of packages and
packaging, in order to stamp the UN code must have the favorable report
from the accredited Testing Laboratory. These Laboratories will
coordinate the codes assignment with the Secretariat.

**10.5.-** The period in which the documents granted to the manufacturer
by the Test Laboratories, or the Secretariat, are in force, will be of
two years, subject to a yearly inspection.

**10.6.-** For the application to obtain the Accreditation and Approval,
the Certification Organisms and Test Laboratories, will observe the
Convocation that for that effect will be issued by the Secretariat, duly
complying with the requisites established therein, demonstrate their
capacity and technical infrastructure, trained personnel and knowledge
on the Standardization, besides the specific aspects established within
the same Convocation, in compliance with what is established in the
Federal Law on Metrology and Standardization and its Regulation.

**11.- Sanctions**

The non-compliance of the provisions contained in this Mexican Official
Standard will be sanctioned by this Secretariat, according to what is
established in the Regulation for the Transport of Hazardous Materials
and Wastes and other legal ordainments that may result applicable ,
without interfering with other sanctions applied by other Federal
Agencies, while exercising their authority or the civil or penal
responsibility resulting from it.

**12.- Validity**

This Mexican Official Standard will be in force 90 days after its
publication in the **Federation Official Journal.**

**13.- Transitory**

**FIRST.-** As this Mexican Official Standard enters in force, will
substitute Mexican Official Standard NOM-007-SCT2/1994 published in the
**Federation Official Journal** on August 18, 1995.

**SECOND.-** The Secretariat of Communications and Transport will
request from the Secretariat of Economy, in compliance with the terms
and requisites established by the Federal Law on Metrology and
Standardization and its Regulation, to carry out the necessary
formalities in order to harmonize agreements for mutual recognition of
the results of the evaluation of conformity, as well as, of the
accreditations granted with foreign and international official
institutions, in a period not to exceed two years as of the start of
this Mexican Official Standard being in force .

Also, the Secretariat of Communications and Transport will promote that
the entities of accreditation and the accredited persons also reach
agreements of similar nature to those referred to on the previous
paragraph.