G/TBT/N/MEX/289  
19 June 2015  
(15-3185)  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: Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes , SCT (Ministry of 
Communications and Transport) 
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:  
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de Transporte Marítimo y Puertos  (National 
Advisory Committee on Standardization for Maritime Transport and Ports) Boulevard Adolfo López Mateos No. 1990 
Col. Tlacopac, Del. Álvaro Obregón 
C.P. 01049, México, D.F. Open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. 
Tel.: (+52) 55 5723-9300, Ext. 26010 or 26029 
Email esaldana@sct.gob.mx  and dadamgon@sct.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): Life 
jackets: 63072001 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: PROY-NOM-006-
SCT4-2012, Especificaciones técnicas que deben cumplir los chalecos salvavidas (Draft 
Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-006-SCT4-2012: Technical requirements to be met 
by life jackets) (22 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified Standard gives specific and practical information 
regarding life jackets for use on naval boats an d vessels, and in related activities. It also 
provides for different kinds of life jacket, which are classified according to type of navigation and use, and sets out clear and precise requirements. 
It establishes four types of life jacket, ther efore covering the different situations and 
activities for which this equipment can be used. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Standard establishes the technical requirements and test 
methods for domestically produced and imported life jackets to be used on Mexican naval 
boats and vessels navigating in territorial waters, and for nautical tourism and work 
activities. G/TBT/N/MEX/289 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 NOM-002-SCT4-2013, Terminología Marítima-Portuaria  (Mexican Official Standard 
NOM-002-SCT4-2013: Maritime and port terminology) 
 NOM-008-SCFI-2002, Sistema General de Unidades de Medida (Mexican Official 
Standard NOM-008-SCFI-2002: General system of units of measurement) 
 NOM-050-SCFI-2004, Información Comercial - Etiquetado General de Productos  
(Mexican Official Standard NOM-050-SCFI-2004: Commercial Information - General Product Labelling) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 60 calendar days after publication in the Official Journal 
(Diario Oficial de la Federación ). 
Proposed date of entry into force: The notified Mexican Official Standard will enter into 
force after being published as a final standard in the Mexican Official Journal ( Diario Oficial 
de la Federación ). More specifically, it will enter into force on the day following that on 
which the General Directorate of Standards of the Ministry of the Economy issues a notice 
confirming the existence of the infrastructure required for its implementation.  
10. Final date for comments: -  
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:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/TBT/MEX/15_2339_00_s.pdf