G/TBT/N/MEX/305  
21 April 2016  
(16-2249)  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 Economía  (Ministry of the Economy) 
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 la Secretaría de Economía , CCONNSE 
(National Advisory Committee on Standardization of the Ministry of the Economy) 
Av. Puente de Tecamachalco número 6 Colonia Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes 
Naucalpan de Juárez, C.P. 53950, Estado de México 
Tel.: 5729 6100, Ext. 43222 Email: liliana.samperio@economia.gob.mx  and arturo.villanueva@economia.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): Glass 
products - Safety glass used in construction (subheading 7006.00.00.00)  
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-146-SCFI-2015, Productos de vidrio - Vidrio de 
seguridad usado en la construcción - Especificaciones y métodos de prueba  (Draft Mexican 
Official Standard PROY-NOM-146-SCFI-2015: Glass products - Safety glass used in construction – Specifications and test methods) (37 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft Mexican Official Standard is applicable to 
safety and/or protective glass that is marketed within the territory of the United Mexican 
States in order to guarantee the safety of such  glass. It establishes specifications on glass 
flaws, labelling, characteristics such as thickness, misalignment and delamination. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified draft Standard establishes the minimum safety and/or protective 
specifications that glass must meet as a finished product used in buildings, their 
installations and finished work, so as to reduce the risk of injury for persons who may come into contact with it, as a result of the glass being broken by human impact, by objects thrown at it, or any other external cause. It also sets out the specifications to 
protect such products against acts of force, accidental or natural events, or acts of 
aggression or vandalism. G/TBT/N/MEX/305 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 NOM-008-SCFI-2002, "Sistema General de Unidades de Medida" (Mexican Official 
Standard NOM-008-SCFI-2002: General system  of units of measurement), published 
in the Official Journal on 27 November 2002; 
 NOM-106-SCFI-2000, "Características de diseño y condiciones de uso de la 
contraseña oficial"  (Mexican Official Standard NOM-106-SCFI-2000: Design 
characteristics and conditions for use of the official countermark), published in the 
Official Journal on 2 February 2001. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will enter into 
force upon its publication in the Official Journal as a final standard. 
Proposed date of entry into force: 90 calendar days after its publication in the Official 
Journal as a final standard.  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days after its notification to the WTO. 
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 
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad 
Dirección General de Normas 
Tel.: (+52) 55 52 29 61 00, Ext. 43244 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://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.p hp?codigo=5433569&fecha=19/04/2016  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/MEX/16_1587_00_s.pdf