G/TBT/N/MEX/520  
5 June 2023 
(23-3802) 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:  
Agencia Reguladora del Transporte Ferroviario  (Regulatory Agency for Railway 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 notificatio n shall be indicated if different from above:  
Agencia Reguladora del Transporte Ferroviario  (Regulatory Agency for Railway Transport)  
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de Transporte Ferroviario , CCNN -FT 
(National Advisory Committee on Standardiza tion for Rail Transport)  
Avenida Universidad 1738 Edificio B Planta baja, Colonia Barrio Santa Catarina, Alcaldía 
Coyoacán, C.P. 04010, CDMX, Tel. (+52 55) 5723 9300, Ext. 73463  
Emails: artf.ccnntf@sct.gob.mx , miguel.ramirezs@sct.gob.mx  and 
martha.zapata@sct.gob.mx , 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Equipment 
for railway/cableway construction and maintenance (ICS code(s) : 45.120)  
The notified draft Me xican Official Standard establishes physico -mechanical propert y 
values , impregnation requirements, permissible defects and limits for wooden sleepers to 
be installed and inspected on tracks of the Mexican railway system.  
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-007-ARTF-2023, Sistema Ferroviario -Infraestructura -
Durmientes de madera -Suministro, impregnación e inspección  (Draft Mexican Official 
Standard PROY -NOM-007-ARTF-2023: Railway system - Infrastructure - Wooden sleepers 
- Supply, impregnation and inspection) (6 page(s), in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes physico -
mechanical propert y values , impregnation requirements, permissible defects and limits 
for wooden sleepers to be installed and inspected on tracks of the Mexican railway system.  
The specifications set out in this draft Mexican Official Standard are applicable to 
impregnated wooden sleepers, both domestic and imported, that will be used in the 
Mexican railway system.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Rail safety ; national security requirements  G/TBT/N/MEX/520  
- 2 - 
  8. Relevant documents:  
This Mexican Official Standard is not equivalent (NEQ) to any international standard, 
because no international standard existed at the time of its drafting.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into for ce: To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] 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 : Diógenes Hernández Chávez  
Pachuca 189, Colonia Condesa,  
Demarcación territorial Cuauhtémoc,  
Ciudad de México, 06140  
Tel.: (+52 55) 5729 9100, Ext. 13247 or 13264  
Email: diogenes.hernandez@economia.gob.mx  
https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5687603&fecha=03/05/2023  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/MEX/23_09998_00_s.pdf