G/TBT/N/MEX/502  
24 September  2021 
(21-7128) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : Mexico 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Calle Pachuca número 189, Colonia Condesa, Demarcación Territorial Cuauhtémoc, 
Código Postal 06140, Ciudad de México, Mexico  
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) : Safety 
devices for light-duty vehicles  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyec to de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-194-SE-2021, Dispositivos de seguridad para 
vehículos ligeros nuevos -Requisitos y especificaciones.  (Cancelará a la NOM -194-SCFI-
2015 publicada el 9 de mayo de 2016)  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-194-
SE-2021, Safety devices for new light -duty vehicles : Requirements and specifications 
(cancelling Mexican Official Standard NOM -194-SCFI-2015, published on 9 May 2 016)) 
(32 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements and specifications to be met by safety devices incorporated into new light -
duty vehicles, regulations and the requirements applicable to new light -duty vehicles of 
a gross vehicle weight of between 400 kg and 3,857 kg for marketing within the United 
Mexican States.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer pro tection ; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
Contained in Article 2 . Regulatory references of the notified document, which establishes 
the existing regulatory documents or those replacing them that are vital for the 
application of this draft Mexican Official Standard.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  G/TBT/N/MEX/502  
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  10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Subsecretaría de Industria, Comercio y Competitividad  (Under -Secretariat of Industry, 
Trade and Competitiveness)  
Dirección General de Normas (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Contact person : César Osvaldo Orozco Arce  
Pachuca 189, Colonia Condesa,  
Demarcación territorial Cuauhtémoc,  
Ciudad de México, 06140  
C.P. 53950  
(+52 55) 5729  91 00, Ext. 13247 or 13264  
cesar.orozco@economia.gob.mx ; tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx  
https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5630550&fecha=22/09/2021  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/MEX/21_6091_00_s.pdf