G/TBT/N/MEX/440  
11 December 2018  
(18-7810) 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 Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales  (Ministry of 
the Environment and Natural Resources)  
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 Seguridad Industrial y Operativa y 
Protección al Medio Ambiente del Sector Hidrocarburos (National  Advisory Committee on 
Standardization for Industrial and Operational Safety and Environmental Protection in the 
Hydrocarbon Sector) Boulevard Adolfo Ruiz Cortines 4209, Jardines en la Montaña, 
Delegación Tlalpan, C.P. 14210 . Ciudad de México, Email: galo.galeana@asea.gob.mx  
and jose.contreras@asea.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) : Portable 
pressure vessels, equipment and accessories for service stations selling liquefied 
petroleum gas  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-008-ASEA -2018; Especificaciones técnicas y 
requisitos en materia de seguridad industrial, seguridad operativa y protección al medio 
ambiente para el diseño, construcción, pre -arranque, operación, mantenimiento, cierre y 
desmantelamiento de estaciones de servicio con fin específico para el expendio al público 
de Gas licuado de petróleo, por medio del llenado parcial o total de recipientes portátiles 
a presión  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-008-ASEA -2018: Industrial safety, 
operational safety and environmental protection technical specifications and requirements 
for the design, construction, pre -start up, operation, maintenance, closure and 
dismantling of service stations selling liquefied petroleum gas to the public in partly or 
completely filled portable pressure vessels) (50 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard applies throughout 
nationa l territory and is binding on all persons responsible for the design, construction, 
pre-start up, operation, maintenance, closure and dismantling of service stations selling 
liquefied petroleum gas to the public in partly or completely filled portable pres sure 
vessels.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the industrial safety, 
operational safety and environmental protection technical specifications an d requirements 
for the design, construction, pre -start up, operation, maintenance, closure and G/TBT/N/MEX/440  
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  dismantling of service stations selling liquefied petroleum gas to the public in partly or 
completely filled portable pressure vessels.  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Mexican Official Standard NOM -009-SESH -2011: Recipientes para contener Gas 
L.P., tipo no transportable . Especificaciones y métodos de prueba ; 
• Mexican Standard NMX -B-177-1990: Tubos de acero con o sin costura, negros y 
galvanizados por inmersión en caliente . Notice of entry into force published in the 
Official Journal on 1 8 July 1 990. Fluidos conducidos en tuberías.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined.  
Proposed date of entry into force : 60 calendar days after its publication in the Official 
Journ al as a final standard.  
10. Final date for comments : 25 January 2 019 
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 971 5 
Website : http://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad -negocios/normalizacion/catalogo -
mexicano -de-normas  
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx ; sofia.pacheco@economi a.gob.mx ; 
jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
Text available at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5544682&fecha=26/11/2018  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/MEX/18_6330_00_s.pdf