G/TBT/N/MEX/259  
30 April 2013  
(13-2282)  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  (Ministry of 
Communications and Transport) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail and website addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle 
comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if di fferent from above:  
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de Transporte Marítimo y Puertos  (National 
Advisory Committee on Standardization for Maritime Transport and Ports) Boulevard Adolfo López Mateos número 1990 
Colonia Tlacopac, Delegación Álvaro Obregón 
Código postal 01049, México, D.F. Tel.: (+52) 55 5723-9300, Exts. 25013 and 26029 
E-mail: mleyvaa@sct.gob.mx  and dadamgon@sct.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.sct.gob.mx  
3. Notified under Arti cle 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN wher e applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provid ed in addition, where applicable):  
Dangerous goods 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  Proyecto de 
Modificación a la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-033-SCT4-1996, Lineamientos para el ingreso de mercancías peligrosas a instalaciones portuarias (Draft Amendment to 
Mexican Official Standard NOM-033-SCT4-1996: Guidelines for the admission of 
dangerous goods into port installations) (6 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Amendment establishes the sea and land 
transportation guidelines relating to the admission of dangerous goods into port installations, in accordance with Mexican official standards and the applicable national and 
international regulations. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the health and safety of the environment. G/TBT/N/MEX/259 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
- Norma Oficial Mexicana (Mexican Official Standard) NOM-002-SCT-2011: Listado de 
las substancias y materiales peligrosos más usualmente transportados (List of the 
most frequently transported hazardous substances and materials); 
- NOM-002-SCT4-2003: Terminología Marítima-Portuaria  (Maritime and 
port terminology); 
- NOM-005-SCT/2008: Información de emergencia para el transporte de substancias, 
materiales y residuos peligrosos  (Emergency information pertaining to the 
transportation of hazardous substances, materials and waste); 
- NOM-010-SCT2/2009: Disposiciones de compatibilidad y segregación para el 
almacenamiento y transporte de substancias, materiales y residuos peligrosos  
(Provisions concerning compatibility and separation for the storage and transportation 
of hazardous substances, materials and waste); 
- NOM-012-SCT4-2007: Lineamientos para la elaboración del Plan de Contingencias 
para Embarcaciones que Transportan Mercancías Peligrosas  (Guidelines for the 
development of a contingency plan for vessels that transport dangerous goods); 
- NOM-023-SCT4-1995: Condiciones para el manejo y almacenamiento de mercancías 
peligrosas en puertos, terminales y unidades mar adentro  (Conditions for the handling 
and storage of dangerous goods in ports, terminals and offshore units); 
- G/TBT/Notif.98.357. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Not applicable. 60 days after the publication of the final 
Mexican Official Standard in the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:  24 June 2013 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresse s, 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 
E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or jesus.figueroa@economia.gob.mx  
Website: " http://www.economia.gob.mx/comuni dad-negocios/c ompetitividad-
normatividad/normalizacion/catalogo-mexicano-de-normas " 
Text available online at: 
http://www.dof.gob.mx/index.p hp?year=2013&month=04&day=24  
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