G/TBT/N/MEX/282
28 January 2015
(15-0628)  Page: 1/3
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 Terrestre  (National Advisory 
Committee on Standardization for Land Transport)  
Website: http://www.sct.gob.mx/transporte-y-med icina-preventiva/autotransporte-
federal/comite-consultivo-nacional-de-normalizacion-de-transporte-terrestre/  
Or: 
Dirección General de Normas  (General Directorate of Standards)  
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad  (Undersecretariat of Competitiveness and 
Standardization)  Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy) 
Av. Puente de Tecamachalco Núm. 6, Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco 
Sección Fuentes, Naucalpan de Juárez 
C.P. 53950, Estado de México Tel.: 52 29 61 00, Ext. 43244 
Email: sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  and/or normasomc@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): All the 
products in Chapter 87 ("Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof") of HS12 that are operated on general communication routes under federal jurisdiction in the United Mexican States. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: NOM-068-SCT-2-
2014, Transporte terrestre - Servicio de autotransporte federal de pasaje, turismo, carga, 
sus servicios auxiliares y transporte privado - Condiciones físico-mecánica y de seguridad para la operación en vías generales de comunicación de jurisdicción federal  (Mexican 
Official Standard NOM-068-SCT-2-2014, Land transport - Federal passenger, tourism and 
freight road transportation services and auxiliary services, and private transportation 
services - Roadworthiness and safety requirements for vehicle operation on general communication routes under federal jurisdiction) (113 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/MEX/282 
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  6. Description of content: The notified Mexican Official Standard sets forth the mandatory 
Mexican roadworthiness and safety requirements for the circulation of vehicles on general 
communication routes under federal jurisdiction. 
It contains descriptive tables covering various systems and mechanical components, which 
specify the roadworthiness requirements for circulation on general communication routes within the jurisdiction of the United Mexican States. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Mexican Official Standard establishes roadworthiness 
requirements for vehicles, with a view to ensuri ng their road safety and the safety of other 
road users when providing federal passenger, tourism and freight road transportation services and auxiliary services, and private transportation services, on general 
communication routes under federal jurisdiction in the United Mexican States.  
8. Relevant documents:  
• NOM-012-SCT-2, Sobre el peso y dimensiones máximas con los que pueden 
circular los vehículos de autotransporte que transitan en las vías generales de comunicación de jurisdicción federal (Mexican Official Standard NOM-012-SCT-2 on 
the maximum weight and dimensions for road transport vehicles which circulate on 
general communication routes under federal jurisdiction), published in the Official Journal ( Diario Oficial de la Federación ); 
• NOM-035-SCT-2, Remolques y semirremolques, especificaciones de seguridad y 
métodos de prueba  (Mexican Official Standard NOM-035-SCT-2, Trailers and semi-
trailers; safety specifications and test methods); 
• NOM-040-SCT-2, Para el transporte de objetos indivisibles, de gran peso y/o 
volumen, peso y dimensiones de las combinaciones vehiculares y de las grúas industriales y su tránsito por caminos y puentes de jurisdicción federal  (Mexican 
Official Standard NOM-040-SCT-2, Transport of non-divisible objects of great 
weight and/or volume, the weight and dime nsions of combinations of vehicles and 
industrial cranes and their conveyance  on roads and bridges under federal 
jurisdiction); 
• NOM-067-SCT-2/SECOFI, Transporte terrestre - Servicio de autotransporte 
económico y mixto - Minibús - Características y especificaciones técnicas y de seguridad  (Mexican Official Standard NOM-067-SCT-2/SECOFI, Land transport - 
Economic and multi-purpose road transportation services - Minibuses - 
Characteristics, and technical and safety specifications); 
• NOM-008-SCFI-2002, Sistema General de Unidades de Medida  (Mexican Official 
Standard NOM-008-SCFI-2002, General system of units of measurement); 
• NOM-011-SECRE, Gas natural comprimido para uso automotor . Requisitos mínimos 
de seguridad en instalaciones vehiculares (Mexican Official Standard NOM-011-
SECRE, Compressed natural gas for automotive use. Minimum safety requirements 
for vehicle systems); 
• NOM-100-STPS, Seguridad - Extintores contra incendio a base de polvo químico 
seco con presión contenida - Especificaciones  (Mexican Official Standard NOM-100-
STPS, Safety - Pressurized dry-chemical fire extinguishers - Specifications); 
• NMX-D-225-IMNC-2013, Seguridad - Cintas reflejantes para vehículos automotores 
- Especificaciones -  Métodos de prueba e instalación  (Mexican Standard NMX-D-
225-IMNC-2013, Safety - Reflective tape for motor vehicles - Specifications - Test 
and application methods). 
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: - G/TBT/N/MEX/282 
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  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 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=5378850&fecha=19/01/2015  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/TBT/MEX/15_0533_00_s.pdf