G/TBT/N/MEX/356  
18 April 2017  
(17-2107) 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 Salud  (Ministry of Hea lth) 
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 Prevención y Control de Enfermedades  
(National Advisory Committee on Standardization for Disease Prevention and Control)  
Lieja número 7  
Colonia Juárez  
Código Postal 06600, Ciudad de México  
Tel./Fax : 5553 7056  
Email pablo.kuri@salud.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, wh ere applicable) : Safety 
headgear (tariff heading 6506.10.00.00) (HS code 650610)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : PROY-NOM-206-
SCFI/SSA2 -2016, "Cascos de Seguridad para la Prevención y Atención Inmediata de 
Lesiones en l a Cabeza de Motociclistas - Acciones de Promoción de la Salud - 
Especificaciones de Seguridad y Métodos de Prueba, Información Comercial y Etiquetado"  
(Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-206-SCFI/SSA2 -2016: Safety helmets for 
motorcyclists (preventio n of head injuries/reduction of the severity of such injuries) - 
Health promotion activities - Safety specifications and test methods, commercial 
information and labelling) (39 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified text defines the te chnical specifications to be met by 
safety helmets, the commercial information pertaining to such helmets, and the activities 
that should be conducted to promote their use . Wearing a certified safety helmet reduces 
the risk and severity of injury by 72% and the possibility of death by up to 39% 
(depending on speed at impact) . It also reduces the health costs relating to motorcycle 
accidents.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Mexican Off icial Standard establishes the specifications and 
minimum criteria for helmets designed specifically for motorcyclists, and the methods used 
to test the performance of this type of headgear . It also seeks to prevent and reduce the 
severity of head injuries . It does not cover helmets used in sports motorcycling . The 
Standard also establishes commercial information and labelling requirements for safety 
helmets used by motorcyclists in the United Mexican States.  
The Standard is applicable to both domestically manufactured and imported safety helmets 
designed specifically for motorcyclists, which are used in national territory.  G/TBT/N/MEX/356  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -008-SCFI-2002: Sistema General de Unidades de 
Medida (General system of units of m easurement), published in the Official Journal 
on 27 November 2 002. 
 Mexican  Official Standard NOM -027-SSA3 -2013: Regulación de los servicios de 
salud . Que establece los criterios de funcionamiento y atención en los servicios de 
urgencias de los establecimi entos para la atención médica  (Regulation of health 
services . Establishes requirements governing the operation of and the care provided 
by emergency services in medical care establishments), published in the Official 
Journal on 4 September 2 013. 
 Mexican Of ficial Standard NOM -017-SSA2 -2012: Para la vigilancia epidemiológica  
(Epidemiological surveillance), published in the Official Journal on 1 9 February  2013. 
 Mexican  Official Standard NOM -034-SSA3 -2013: Regulación de los servicios de 
salud . Atención médica p rehospitalaria  (Regulation of health services . Pre-hospital 
medical care) , published in the Official Journal on 2 3 September 2 014. 
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -035-SSA3 -2012: En materia de información en salud  
(Health information), published in the Offici al Journal on 3 0 November 2 012. 
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -106-SCFI-2000: Características de diseño y 
condiciones de uso de la contraseña oficial (Design characteristics and conditions for 
use of the official countermark) (cancels Mexican Official Stand ard NOM -106-SCFI-
2000, published on 2 November  and 1 1 December 2 000), published in the Official 
Journal on 2 February 2 001. 
 Mexican  Standard NMX -Z-012/2 -1987: Muestreo para la inspección por atributos - 
Parte 2 : métodos de muestreo, tablas y gráficas  (Samp ling for inspection by 
attributes . Part 2: Sampling procedures, tables and graphs), published in the Official 
Journal on 2 8 October 1 987. 
 Mexican Standard NMX -EC-17020 -IMNC -2014: Evaluación de la conformidad - 
Requisitos para el funcionamiento de diferente s tipos de unidades (organismos) que 
realizan la verificación (inspección)  (Conformity assessment - Requirements for the 
operation of various types of units (bodies) performing verification (inspection)) 
(cancels Mexican Standard NMX -EC-17020 -IMNC -2000) , published in the Official 
Journal on 6 June 2 014. 
 Mexican Standard NMX -CC-9001-IMNC -2015: Sistemas de gestión de la calidad - 
Requisitos  (Quality management systems - Requirements) (cancels Mexican 
Standard NMX -CC-9001-IMNC -2008: Quality management systems - Requirements), 
published in the Official Journal on 3 May 2 016. 
9. Proposed date of adoption : Once published as a final standard in the Official Journal.  
Proposed date of entry into force : This Mexican Official Standard will enter into force 
60 calendar  days after publication in the Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments : 60 calendar days after publication in the Official Journal.  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website ad dresses, 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  
Website: http://www.economia -noms.gob.mx/?P=144  
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
Text available online at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5479920&fecha=17/04/2017  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/MEX/17_1890_00_s.pdf