G/TBT/N/MEX/489  
13 January  2021 
(21-0430) 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)  
Dirección General de Normas (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regardi ng the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Calle Pachuca número 189, pisos 7 y 12, Colonia Condesa, Demarcación Territorial 
Cuauhtémoc, Código Postal 06140, Ciudad de México, Mexico  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 13217/13264,  
Email:  
monica.mostalac@economia.gob.mx  
isaac.aldana@economia.gob.mx  
cesar.orozco@economia.gob.mx  
tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products cove red (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Motor 
vehicles  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : PROYECTO de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-236-SE-2020, Vehículos automotores -Condiciones 
fisicomecánicas de los vehículos con peso bruto vehicular que no exceda 3,857 kg (Draft 
Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-236-SE-2020, Motor vehicles - Physical and 
mechanical conditions of vehicles with a gross vehicle weight not exceeding 3,857 kg) (8 
pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the 
technical inspection criteria for determining the physical and mechanical conditions of 
vehicles w ith a gross vehicle weight not exceeding 3,857 kg, in order to circulate under 
safe conditions in the national territory.  
It also determines the requirements and minimum obligations to be fulfilled for conformity 
assessment, and the bodies authorized to conduct a technical inspection of the physical 
and mechanical conditions of vehicles.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/MEX/489  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
• NMX-D-228-SCFI-2015 - Criterios, procedimientos y equipo para la revisión de 
las condiciones fisicomecánicas de los vehículos automotores en circulación cuyo 
peso bruto vehicular no excede los 3 857 kg. Notice of entry into force published 
in the Official Journa l on 3 June 2 015; 
 
• NOM-068-SCT-2-2014 - Transporte terrestre -Servicio de autotransporte federal 
de pasaje, turismo, carga, sus servicios auxiliares y transporte privado -
Condiciones físico -mecánica y de seguridad para la operación en vías generales 
de comunicación de jurisdicción federal , published in the Official Journal on 1 9 
January 2 015. 
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)  
Calle Pachuca número 189, pisos 7 y 12, Colonia Condesa, Demarcación Territorial 
Cuauhtémoc, Código Postal 06140, Ciudad de México, Mexico  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 13217/13264,  
Email:  
César Osvaldo Orozco Arce: cesar.orozco@economia.gob.mx  
Tania Daniela Fosado Soriano: tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx  
https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5609707&fecha=12/01/2021  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/MEX/21_0392_00_s.pdf