G/TBT/N/MEX/505  
8 November  2021 
(21-8448) 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 Comunicaciones y Transportes  (Ministry of 
Communications and Transport)  
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 sh all be indicated if different from above:  
Calzada de las Bombas 411, piso 2, colonia Los Girasoles, demarcación Territorial 
Coyoacán, Código Postal 04920, Ciudad de México ; Tel. (55) 5723 9300, Ext. 20010 ; 
Email: jmercdia@sct.gob.mx  
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) : 
Containers, intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) and large packagings/containers used to 
transport dangerous goods  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexica na PROY -NOM-007-SCT2-2021, Disposiciones relativas a la 
construcción, marcado UN y ensayo de embalajes/envases, recipientes intermedios para 
graneles (RIG) y grandes embalajes/envases destinados al transporte de mercancías 
peligrosas  (Draft Mexican Officia l Standard PROY -NOM-007-SCT2-2021: Provisions 
relating to the construction, UN marking and testing of packaging/containers, 
intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) and large packagings/containers used to transport 
dangerous goods) (67 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The purpose of the notified Mexican Official Standard is to 
establish the characteristics and specifications for the construction (manufacturing), UN 
marking and testing of packaging/containers, intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) a nd 
large packagings/containers used to transport dangerous goods which circulate on 
general communication routes under federal jurisdiction.  
This Standard is binding on shippers and consignees of dangerous goods within their areas 
of responsibility, as wel l as on manufacturers (builders) and distributors engaged in the 
construction and reconstruction of the packaging/containers, IBCs and large 
packagings/containers, who must ensure that each one  
can pass the tests referred to in this Mexican Official Standa rd, and on the person 
providing the dangerous goods to be transported, who must guarantee that the 
packaging/containers, IBCs and large packagings/containers comply with this Mexican 
Official Standard.  G/TBT/N/MEX/505  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety ; Protection of animal or plant life or 
health ; Protection of the environment ; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents : Documents mentioned in "Chapter 3 . References." of t his draft 
Mexican Official Standard  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
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) , 
Dirección General de Normas  (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Contact person : Lic. 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://dof.gob.mx/2021/SICT/SICT_051121.pdf  
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