G/TBT/N/MEX/316  
3 August 2016  
(16-4151) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to T rade 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 Reguladora de Energía  (Energ y Regulatory Commission)  
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:  
Comité Co nsultivo Nacional de Normalización de Hidrocarburos, Petrolíferos y 
Petroquímicos  (National Advisory Committee on Standardization for Hydrocarbons, 
Petroleum Products and Petrochemicals)  
Boulevard Adolfo López Mateos 172  
Colonia Merced Gómez  
Benito Juarez  
Código postal 03930  
Ciudad de México  
Email: abrena@cre.gob.mx , jlopez@cre.gob.mx , alara@cre.gob.mx  and/or 
mmehle@cre.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) : 
Petrochemicals (heading 27.11)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Acuerdo por el 
que la comisión reguladora de energía ordena se publique en el diario oficial de la 
federación el proyecto de norma oficial mexicana PROY -NOM-014-CRE-2016, 
especificaciones de calidad de los petroquímicos  (Decision of the Energy Regulatory 
Commission ordering the publication in the Mexican Official Journal of draft Mexican Official 
Standard PROY -NOM-014-CRE-2016: Quality specifications for petroch emicals) (20 pages, 
in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The draft Standard concerned is applicable to the following 
petrochemicals that are produced in or imported into national territory : ethane, propane, 
butane mixtures, light and heavy naphtha, and natural gasoline.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The draft Standard seeks to establish the quality specifications to be met by 
petrochemicals at each stage of the production and supply chain in nation al territory.  
8. Relevant documents : Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -001-SECRE -2010: Especificaciones 
del gas natural  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -001-SECRE -2010: Specifications for 
natural gas)  
9. Proposed date of adoption : Not applicable.  
Proposed date o f entry into force : This Mexican Official Standard will enter into force G/TBT/N/MEX/316  
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  60 calendar days after its publication in the Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments : Not applicable.  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telepho ne and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad  (Under -Secretariat 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_detall e.php?codigo=5445928&fecha=27/07/2016  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/MEX/16_2992_00_s.pdf