G/TBT/N/MEX/431  
17 August  2018 
(18-5230) 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 government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible : Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
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 Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de la Secretaría de Economía , CCONNSE 
(National Advisory Committee on Standardization of the Ministry of the Economy) , Av. 
Puente de Tecamachalco Núm. 6 Co l. Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes, Naucalpan 
de Juárez, C.P. 53950, Estado de México ; Tel.: 57 29 91 00, Ext. 43238 and 43259, Fax : 
55 20 97 15, Email: cielo.beltran@economia.gob.mx  and maria.pena@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) : Pressurized 
non-demountable liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) containers installed outdoors, and LPG 
containers installed on tanker -trucks and semi -trailers . Tariff heading : 731100  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-211-SCFI/ASEA -2017, Gas L.P. -Recipientes para 
contener gas L.P. tipo no desmontable -Especificaciones y métodos de prueba  (Draft 
Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-211-SCFI/AS EA-2017, Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) 
- Non-demountable LPG containers - Specifications and test methods) (will cancel Mexican 
Official Standard NOM -009-SESH -2011) (49 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Sta ndard establishes the terms 
and definitions, and the classification for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) containers referred 
to in this Standard, and the minimum design and manufacturing specifications for non -
demountable LPG containers installed outdoors, an d LPG containers installed on tanker -
trucks and semi -trailers manufactured and marketed in the United Mexican States.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establ ishes the minimum design 
and manufacturing specifications for non -demountable LPG containers installed outdoors, 
and LPG containers installed on tanker -trucks and semi -trailers manufactured and 
marketed in the United Mexican States.  G/TBT/N/MEX/431  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM-008-SCFI-2002, Sistema General de Unidades de 
Medida , published in the Official Journal on 2 7 November 2 002; 
 Mexican Standard NMX-X-013-SCFI-2011, Gas L.P. -Válvulas de exceso de flujo y 
de no retroceso, que se utilizan en tub erías y recipientes. -Especificaciones y 
métodos de prueba  (cancels Mexican Standard NMX -X-013-2005), published in the 
Official Journal on 1 6 August 2 011; 
 Mexican Standard NMX-Z-013-SCFI-2015, Guía para la estructuración y redacción 
de Normas , published in the Official Journal on 1 8 November 2 015. 
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined.  
Proposed date of entry into force : The notified Mexican Official Standard will enter into 
force 120 calendar days after its publication in the Official Journal as a final Mexican 
Official Standard.  
10. Final date for comments : 13 October 2 018 
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone 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 for Competitiveness 
and Standardization)  
Dirección General de Normas  (Directorate -General of Standards)  
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 , sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx , 
jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
Text available at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5534704&fecha=14/08/2018  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/MEX/18_4475_00_s.pdf