WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/86/Add.1 
25 February 2004 
 
 (04-0805) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
 The following communication, dated 19 February 2004, is being circulated at the request of 
the delegation of Mexico.  
 
Resolution Amending Emergency Mexican Official Standard
 
 
NOM-EM-009-SCFI-2004, Determination, Allocation and Fixing of Vehicle  
Identification Numbers – Specifications, Published on 26 November 2003  
  
 The Government of Mexico hereby info rms the Members of the WTO Committee on 
Technical Barriers to Trade that the Ministry of the Economy has decided to amend Emergency 
Mexican Official Standard NOM-EM-009-SCFI-2004,  published in the Diario Oficial de la 
Federación (Official Journal) on 26 November 2003, no tification of which was circulated by the WTO 
in document G/TBT/N/MEX/86 on 8 December 2003.  The technical regulations have been amended 
in response to the need to clarify their area of application and, in consequence, their content, and to 
make the text more coherent.  With a view to ensu ring full compliance by Mexico with its obligations 
of transparency, the amendments to the texts of chapter 1 ("Objective and area of application"), 
chapter 2 ("Definitions"), and pa ragraph 6.2 of Emergency Mexican  Official Standard NOM-EM-009-
SCFI-2003 are set forth below.  For: 
 
 "1. Objective and area of application 
 
 This Emergency Mexican Official Standard establishes the specifications for the 
determination, allocation and fixing of veh icle identification numbers for the vehicles 
described in paragraph 2.16 and is  binding on all domestic manufacturers and assemblers of 
vehicles intended for the domestic market." 
 
Read: 
  "1. Objective and area of application  
  This Emergency Mexican Official Standard establishes the specifications for the 
determination, allocation and fixing of veh icle identification numbers for the vehicles 
described in paragraphs 2.10, 2.10.1, 2.10.2, 2. 10.3, 2.10.4, 2.10.5, 2. 10.6, 2.10.7, 2.10.8, 
2.10.9, 2.10.10 and 2.10.11 and is binding on all domestic manufacturers and assemblers of 
vehicles intended for the domestic market." 
 G/TBT/N/MEX/86/Add.1 
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 For: 
 
 "1. Definitions 
 1.10 Vehicles 
 Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-tr ailers as defined hereinafter: 
 1.11  Bus 
Motor vehicle designed and equipped for the tr ansport of more than ten persons, with six or 
more tyres. 
 1.12  Automobile 
 Motor vehicle for the transport of up to ten persons. 
 1.13 Commercial van 
Motor vehicle with or without chassis, intende d for the transport of goods or of more than ten 
persons, of a gross vehicle weight not exceeding 2,727 kg. 
 1.14  Light lorry 
Motor vehicle with or without chassis, intende d for the transport of goods or of more than ten 
persons, of a gross vehicle weight exceed ing 2,727 kg. but not exceeding 7,272 kg. 
 1.15  Medium lorry 
Motor vehicle with or without chassis, intende d for the transport of goods or of more than ten 
persons, of a gross vehicle weight exceed ing 7,272 kg. but not exceeding 8,864 kg. 
 1.16  Heavy lorry 
Motor vehicle with chassis for the transport of effects or of more than ten persons, of a gross 
vehicle weight exceeding 8,864 kg. 
 1.17  Motorcycle 
Motor vehicle with handlebars and with two or more tyres, used for the transport of up to 
three persons or light loads, of a cylinder capacity of 49 cm
3 or more. 
 1.18   Trailer 
Vehicle with front and rear axle, not mechanically  propelled, and intende d to be towed by a 
motor vehicle, or coupled to a semi-trailer. 
 1.19  Ministry 
 References to "the Ministry" shall mean "the Ministry of the Economy".  G/TBT/N/MEX/86/Add.1 
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  1.20  Semi-trailer 
Vehicle without a front axle, not mechanically propelled, intended to be coupled to a motor 
vehicle, the weight of which is supported by the latter. 
 1.21  Road tractor 
 Motor vehicle intended to support and haul semi-trailers and trailers. 
 1.22  Unfinished vehicle 
Comprises a unit consisting of, at least, platform, engine, driveline, steering system, 
suspension and braking system, which requires an additional manufacturing process in order 
to be converted into a finished vehicle.  The systems of the unfinished vehicle must form an 
integral part of the finished vehicle.  The m ere addition of parts ready to be fitted (such as 
mirrors or wheel and tyre units), or minor finis hing operations such as painting, shall not be 
considered as an additional manufacturing process." 
Read: 
 "2. Definitions 
 2.10 Vehicles 
 Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-tr ailers as defined hereinafter: 
 2.10.1  Bus 
Motor vehicle designed and equipped for the tr ansport of more than ten persons, with six or 
more tyres. 
 2.10.2  Automobile 
 Motor vehicle for the transport of up to ten persons. 
 2.10.3 Commercial van 
Motor vehicle with or without chassis, intende d for the transport of goods or of more than ten 
persons, of a gross vehicle weight not exceeding 2,727 kg. 
 2.10.4  Light lorry 
Motor vehicle with or without chassis, intende d for the transport of goods or of more than ten 
persons, of a gross vehicle weight exceed ing 2,727 kg. but not exceeding 7,272 kg. 
 2.10.5  Medium lorry 
Motor vehicle with or without chassis, intende d for the transport of goods or of more than ten 
persons, of a gross vehicle weight exceed ing 7,272 kg. but not exceeding 8,864 kg. 
 2.10.6  Heavy lorry 
Motor vehicle with chassis for the transport of effects or of more than ten persons, of a gross 
vehicle weight exceeding 8,864 kg. G/TBT/N/MEX/86/Add.1 
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  2.10.7  Motorcycle 
Motor vehicle with handlebars and with two or more tyres, used for the transport of up to 
three persons or light loads, of a cylinder capacity of 49 cm
3 or more. 
 2.10.8   Trailer 
Vehicle with front and rear axle, not mechanically  propelled, and intende d to be towed by a 
motor vehicle, or coupled to a semi-trailer. 
 2.10.9  Semi-trailer 
Vehicle without a front axle, not mechanically propelled, intended to be coupled to a motor 
vehicle, the weight of which is supported by the latter. 
 2.10.10 Road tractor 
 Motor vehicle intended to support and haul semi-trailers and trailers. 
 2.10.9  Unfinished vehicle 
Comprises a unit consisting of, at least, platform, engine, driveline, steering system, 
suspension and braking system, which requires an additional manufacturing process in order 
to be converted into a finished vehicle.  The systems of the unfinished vehicle must form an 
integral part of the finished vehicle.  The m ere addition of parts ready to be fitted (such as 
mirrors or wheel and tyre units), or minor finis hing operations such as painting, shall not be 
considered as an additiona l manufacturing process. 
 2.11  Ministry 
 References to "the Ministry" shall mean "the Ministry of the Economy". 
For: 
 "6.2 The concealed identification number referred to in paragraph 3.4.3 must be verified 
and, where appropriate, confirmed by the manufac turer or assembler at the request of the 
Ministry." 
Read: 
 "6.2 The concealed identification number referred to in paragraph 3.4.2 must be verified 
and, where appropriate, confirmed by the manufac turer or assembler at the request of the 
Ministry." 
 The text of this regulation and the amended text  are available in Spanish at the e-mail address 
cidgn@economia.gob.mx , and from the following postal address: 
  G/TBT/N/MEX/86/Add.1 
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 Punto de Contacto OMC, 
Dirección General de Normas (DGN), Secretaría de Economía, Puente de Tecamachalco 6, Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes, Naucalpan, Edo. de México, C.P. 53950. 
 
Tel.:  (5255) 5729 9300, ext. 4103 and 4156. Fax:  (5255) 5520 9715. E-mail:  cidgn@economia.gob.mx
 
 
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