G/TBT/N/MEX/315  
5 July 2016  
(16-3605)  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: Comisión Reguladora de Energía  (Energy Regulatory Commission) 
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: Comisión 
Reguladora de Energía  (Energy Regulatory Commission) 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2. 10.1 [X], 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 (tariff headings 27.01 to 2901.10) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Norma Oficial 
Mexicana de Emergencia NOM-EM-006-CRE-2015, Especificaciones de calidad de los 
petroquímicos (Emergency Mexican Official Standard NOM-EM-006-CRE-2015, Quality 
specifications for petrochemicals) (3 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified amendment to the Emergency Mexican Official 
Standard seeks to establish the quality specifications to be met by petrochemicals used by 
the hydrocarbons industry and marketed in national territory, and applies to the following 
petrochemicals: ethane, propane, butane mixtures, and light and heavy naphtha that are marketed in national territory. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Emergency Mexican Official Standard seeks to establish the 
quality specifications to be met by petrochemi cals used by the hydrocarbons industry and 
marketed in national territory. 
8. Relevant documents: Not applicable. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: This Emergency Mexican Official  Standard will enter into 
force the day after its publication in the Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) and 
will remain in force for a period of six months until 28 June 2016. 
Proposed date of entry into force: This Emergency Mexican Offi cial Standard will enter 
into force the day after its publication in the Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official 
Journal) and will remain in force for a period of six months until 28 June 2016.  
10. Final date for comments: Not applicable. G/TBT/N/MEX/315 
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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. 43244 
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715 
Website: http://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad- negocios/normalizacion/catalogo-
mexicano-de-normas  
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
Available online at: 
http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5442921&fecha=29/06/2016  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/MEX/16_2638_00_s.pdf