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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/MEX/47
28 February 2003
(03-1205)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   MEXICO
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Communications and Transport (SCT)
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  Enquiry point of
the General Directorate of Standards, Ministry of the Economy.          
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Hazardous substances
and materials.          
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Mexican
Official Standard PROY-NOM-002-SCT/2002, Listing of the Most Commonly TransportedHazardous Substances and Materials.  (241 pages, in Spanish).          
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this Draft Mexican Official Standard is to identify
and classify the most commonly transported hazardous substances and materials, according
to type, risk category, secondary risks and United Nations code number, the special
provisions governing the transport of hazardous substances, materials and waste and the
packing and packaging methods used.
This Mexican Official Standard is binding, within their areas of responsibility, on
shippers, hauliers and consignees of hazardous substances and materials transported on
general communication routes by land, air or sea.
This Mexican Official Standard refers to the following international standards:
United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Model
Regulations, Twelfth Revised Edition, New York and Geneva.
International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG), Amendment 29-96.
Annex 18 to the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, DOC. 9284-
AN/905 Technical Instructions for the Safe Tr ansport of Dangerous Goods by Air, ICAO
(1997-1998).
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The purpose of this Draft Mexican Official Standard is to identify and classify the
most commonly transported hazardous substances and materials, and to establish the
corresponding methods of packing, packaging and transport, to protect the safety of
workers, the public, the environment and communication routes.
8. Relevant documents:   Diario Oficial de la Federación (Official Journal) of 7 February
2003          
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not decided          
10. Final date for comments:   8 April 2003
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Website: www.economia.gob.mx/?P=85 (Standards Catalogue).
E-mail: cidgn@economia.gob.mx1