G/TBT/N/MEX/524  
26 June 2023 
(23-4350) 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 government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Agencia de Seguridad, Energía y Ambiente , ASEA (Safety, Energy and Environment 
Agency)  
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 sh all be indicated if different from above:  
Agencia de Seguridad, Energía y Ambiente , ASEA (Safety, Energy and Environment 
Agency)  
Agencia Nacional de Seguridad Industrial y de Protección al Medio Ambiente del Sector 
Hidrocarburos  (National Agency for Industrial Safety and Environmental Protection in the 
Hydrocarbon Sector)  
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales  (Ministry of the Environment and 
Natural Resources)  
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de Seguridad I ndustrial y Operativa y 
Protección al Medio Ambiente del Sector Hidrocarburos  (National Advisory Committee on 
Standardization for Industrial and Operational Safety and Environmental Protection in the 
Hydrocarbon Sector)  
Boulevard Adolfo Ruiz Cortines No. 4209, Colonia Jardines en la Montaña, Alcaldía Tlalpan, 
Ciudad de México, C.P. 14210, Mexico or by email: maria.gutierrez@asea.gob.mx  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Petroleum 
product s and natural gas handling equipment (ICS code(s) : 75.200)  
The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the requirements and 
specifications for industrial safety, operational safety and environmental protection, which 
must be applied in the des ign, construction, pre -startup, operation and maintenance of 
liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage installations on land and/or sea, to prevent harm 
to the population, the installations and the environment.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-017-ASEA -2023, Instalaciones de Almacenamiento 
de Gas Licuado de Petróleo (GLP).  (Cancela y sustituye a la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -
015-SECRE -2013, Diseño, construcción, se guridad, operación y mantenimiento de 
sistemas de almacenamiento de gas licuado de petróleo mediante planta de depósito o 
planta de suministro que se encuentran directamente vinculados a los sistemas de 
transporte o distribución por ducto de gas licuado de  petróleo, o que forman parte integral 
de las terminales terrestres o marítimas de importación de dicho producto)  (Draft Mexican 
Official Standard PROY -NOM-017-ASEA -2023: Installations for Liquefied Petroleum Gas G/TBT/N/MEX/524  
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  (LPG). (Annuls and replaces Mexican Officia l Standard NOM -015-SECRE -2013: Design, 
construction, safety, operation and maintenance of liquefied petroleum gas storage 
systems used at storage and supply installations which are directly linked to systems for 
transporting or distributing liquefied petro leum gas by pipeline or which form an integral 
part of land or maritime terminals importing this product)) (58 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the 
requirements and specifications for i ndustrial safety, operational safety and 
environmental protection, which must be applied in the design, construction, pre -startup, 
operation and maintenance of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage installations on land 
and/or sea, to prevent harm to the p opulation, the installations and the environment.  
The notified draft Mexican Official Standard is applicable throughout Mexican territory and 
areas where the Nation exercises its sovereignty and jurisdiction and is binding on all 
persons engaged in or intend to be engaged in the activities of:  
I. Land and/or maritime storage of LPG ; from the point of reception to the point of delivery 
of the fuel.  
II. Pipeline transport or means other than LPG pipeline when its infrastructure uses LPG 
reception, storage  and delivery installations as an operational activity.  
The following are part of the scope of the notified draft Mexican Official Standard:  
I. Reception and/or delivery systems by:  
(a) Pipelines, and  
(b) Means other than pipelines.  
II. Storage systems:  
(a) Pressure vessels, and  
(b) Refrigerated containers.  
The notified draft Mexican Official Standard excludes the following:  
I. Underground storage installations;  
II. Concrete tanks for the storage of LPG, and  
III. Storage used in the processes of a refinery or a gas processor complex (CPG).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Industrial safety  
Operational safety ; Protection of human health or safety ; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant docum ents:  
At the date of issuance of this draft Mexican Official Standard, it is not aligned with any 
national or international standard.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/MEX/524  
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  11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Dirección General  de Normas  (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Contact person : Diógenes Hernández Chávez  
Pachuca 189, Colonia Condesa,  
Demarcación territorial Cuauhtémoc,  
Ciudad de México, 06140  
Tel.: (+52 55) 5729 91 00, Ext. 13247 or 13217  
Email: diogenes.hernandez@economia.gob.mx  
https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5692899&fecha=21/06/2023  
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