G/TBT/N/MEX/285
12 March 2015
(15-1407)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes , SCT (Ministry of 
Communications and Transport) 
Name and address (including telephon e 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:  
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de Transporte Aéreo (National Advisory 
Committee on Air Transport Standardization) Blvd Adolfo López Mateos 1990 
2do. Piso, Col. Los Alpes Tlacopac 
Delegación Alvaro Obregón Código postal 01010 
México, Distrito Federal 
Tel.: 50-11-64-17 Email: pcarranp@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): Automatic 
Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) equipment for aircraft (8803: Parts of goods of 
heading 88.01 or 88.02) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-91/2-SCT3-2014, que establece las especificaciones de operación y requisitos de instalación en las aeronaves del equipo de vigilancia dependiente 
automática-radiodifusión (ADS-B)  (Draft Mexican Official St andard PROY-NOM-91/2-SCT3-
2014 establishing the operating specifications and installation requirements for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) equipment for aircraft) (9 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified Standard aims to: 
a. provide air traffic controllers with real-time position information which is more 
precise than the information currently av ailable from radar-based systems. This 
increased accuracy will enable air traffic controllers to separate aircraft in a more precise, timely and safe manner; 
b. provide public air transport licence holders and operators with improved safety 
surveillance and better access to airspace and airports; 
c. increase operational safety. 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Mexican Official Standard establishes the operational 
specifications and installation requirements for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-
Broadcast (ADS-B) equipment for aircraft. It must be observed by all licence holders and operators of aircraft which operate in Mexican airspace.  
8. Relevant documents: There are no Mexican Official Standards or Mexican Standards to 
consult for the application of this Mexican Official Standard.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 60 calendar days after publication in the Official Journal 
(Diario Oficial de la Federación ). 
Proposed date of entry into force: The notified Mexican Official Standard will enter into 
force after being published as a final standard in the Official Journal ( Diario Oficial de la 
Federación ). More specifically, it will enter into force on the day following that on which the 
General Directorate of Standards of the Ministry of the Economy issues a notice confirming 
the existence of the infrastructure required for its implementation.  
10. Final date for comments: - 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy) 
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad  (Undersecretariat of Competitiveness and 
Standardization) 
Dirección General de Normas  (General Directorate of Standards) 
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43217 
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715 
Website: http://www.economia-noms.gob.mx/?P=144  
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
Text available online at: 
http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5384024&fecha=03/03/2015  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/TBT/MEX/15_1135_00_s.pdf