. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/MEX/249 
8 January 2013 
 (13-0070) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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 Energía  (Ministry of Energy) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail 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 Normal ización en Materia de Hidrocarburos 
(National  Advisory Committee on Standardization in the Field of Hydrocarbons) 
Avenida Insurgentes Su r No. 890, piso 4 
Colonia Del Valle, Delegación Benito Juárez Código postal 03100, México, D.F. Tel.: 5000-6000, Ext. 1130 
Fax: 5000-6253 
E-mail: iposadas@energia.gob.mx  or michelrp@energia.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.sener.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):   Non-portable liquefied 
petroleum gas (LPG) containers (Internationa l Classification for Standards (ICS) code 23) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
NOM-009-SESH 2011, Recipientes para contener Gas Licuado Petróleo, tipo no transportable.  Especificac iones y métodos de prueba (Mexican Official Standard 
NOM-009-SESH 2011:  Non-portable liquefied  petroleum gas (LPG) containers.  
Specifications and test methods) (2 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/MEX/249 
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6. Description of content:  The notified draft Amendment to Mexican Official Standard 
NOM-009-SESH-2011 establishes the minimum de sign and manufacturing specifications, 
test methods and conformity assessment proce dure for non-portable liquefied petroleum gas 
(LPG) containers. 
This Amendment also seeks to clarify the defi nitions and specifications for such containers, 
taking into account their particular charac teristics, and thereby to facilitate the 
implementation and verification of the relate d Mexican Official Standard, with resulting 
benefit to interested parties. 
 It does not apply to non-portable LPG containers  that were manufactured prior to the date 
of its entry into force;  such containers may therefore continue to be marketed without any 
additional requirements un til stocks are exhausted.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
To protect the environment and human safety.  
8. Relevant documents:   G/TBT/N/MEX/201  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applicable. 
The amendments will enter into force 60 calendar days after publication in the Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments:   14 February 2013 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresses, 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 
E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or jesus.figueroa@economia.gob.mx  
Website:" http://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad-negocios/normalizacion/catalogo-
mexicano-de-normas " 
 
Text available online at: http://www.dof.gob.mx/index.php ?year=2012&month=12&day=17 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/tbt/MEX/12_4909_00_s.pdf