. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/MEX/243 
1 October 2012 
 (12-5285) 
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 Sur número 890, piso 4 Colonia del Valle, Delegación Benito Juárez Código Postal 03100, México, D.F. Tel.: (+52) 5000-6000, Ext. 1130 
Fax: (+52) 5000-6253 
E-mail: iposadas@energia.gob.mx ;  avazquez@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 [X], 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):   Integral and flexible 
connections for use with natural gas or  liquefied petroleum gas (ICS 23.020.10 
and 23.020.30). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de Norma 
Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-014-SESH-2012, Co nexión integral y conexión flexible que 
se utilizan en instalaciones de aprovechamie nto de Gas Licuado del Petróleo o Gas 
Natural.  Especificaciones y métodos de prueba  (Draft Mexican Official 
Standard PROY-NOM-014-SESH-2012, Integral c onnections and flexible connections used 
in liquefied petroleum gas or natural gas in stallations.  Specifications and test methods) 
(23 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified text establishes the specifications, minimum safety 
requirements and test methods for integral a nd flexible connections used in liquefied 
petroleum gas and natural gas installations.  It also establishes the information to be 
displayed on the product and its packaging,  and the relevant conformity assessment 
procedure. G/TBT/N/MEX/243 
Page 2  
 
  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
Human safety 
8. Relevant documents:  -  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: Not applicable 
60 calendar days after the publication of the final 
Mexican Official Standard in the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   19 November 2012 
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=09&day=20 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/tbt/MEX/12_3851_00_s.pdf