G/TBT/N/MEX/370  
 
6 September 2017  
(17-4741) 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:  Comisión Nacional de Seguridad Nuclear y Salvaguardias (National 
Commission for Nuclear Safety and Safeguards ) 
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 shall be indicated if different from above:   
Juan Eibenschutz Hartman   
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de Seguridad Nuclear y Salvaguardias, CCNN -
SNyS (National Advisory Commit tee on Standardization for Nuclear Safety and Safeguards)   
Dr. José María Barragán Número 779, 4to. piso  
Colonia Narvarte, código postal 03020  
Ciudad de México  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5095 3246  
Fax: (+52) 55 5590 6103  
Email: ccnn_snys@cnsns.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 prov ided in addition, where applicable):  Packages , 
overpacks , tanks and freight containers  used for the transport and in -transit storage of 
radioactive material  within national territory  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-014-NUCL -2017, Categorías de bultos, sobreenvases y 
contenedores de carga que contengan material radiactivo: marcado, etiquetado y rotulado 
(Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-014-NUCL -2017, Categori es of packages, 
overpacks  and freight containers for radioactive material : marking and labelling ) 
(12 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content:  The easiest and safest way of  ensuring that the risk of  exposure 
to ionizing radiation posed  by radioactive material  during transport can be  identif ied at a 
glance is to affix labels  to package s containing such material with symbols  and written 
information indicating  their radioactive content s. In line with  statutory requirements , these 
identification marks , which a re invaluable to emergency response specialists dealing with 
transport accidents involving radioactive material , must withstand exposure to weather and 
abrasion and remain  legible  irrespective of any  incident s that occur during transport . 
The notified draft Mexican Official Standard applies to all packages , overpacks, tanks and 
freight containers used for the transport and in -transit storage of radioactive material  
within national territory.  G/TBT/N/ MEX/370  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent  problems where 
applicable:  The notified  draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the  criteria for  the 
categorization  of packages, overpacks and freight containers for radioactive material, as 
well as the marking and labelling requirements governing the  transport  of such material.  
8. Relevant documents:   Not applicable  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will enter into 
force 60 calendar days as from the day following  its publication as a final standard in the 
Official Journal.   
Proposed date of entry into force:  The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will enter 
into force 60 calendar days as from the day following its publication as a final standard in 
the Offic ial Journal.   
10. Final date for comments:  60 calendar days as from  4 September 2017  
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  
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad  
Dirección General de Normas  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43217  
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715  
Email:  normasomc@economia.gob.mx   
 sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx   
 jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx   
Website:  http://www.economia -noms.gob.mx/?P=144   
Text available at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5496019&fecha=04/09/2017  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/MEX/17_3937_00_s.pdf