G/TBT/N/MEX/250  
15 January 2013  
(13-0220)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade   
 
  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 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 di fferent from above:  
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de Derivados del Petróleo, del Gas y Bioenergéticos  (National Advisory Committee on Standardization for Oil, Gas and 
Bioenergy Products) 
Av. Horacio 1750, Col. Los Morales Polanco Delegación Miguel Hidalgo 11510, México, D.F. 
E-mail: abrena@cre.gob.mx  or rvalderrama@cre.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.cre.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 wher e applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Liquefied 
petroleum gas storage systems (ICS 47.020) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-015-SECRE -2012, Diseño, construcción, seguridad, 
operación y mantenimiento de sistemas de almacenamiento de gas licuado de petróleo 
mediante planta de depósito o planta de suministro que se encuentran directamente vinculados a los sistemas de transporte o distribución por ducto de gas licuado de 
petróleo, o que forman parte integral de las terminales terrestres o marítimas de 
importación de dicho producto (Draft Mexican Official Standard 
PROY-NOM-015-SECRE-2012: Design, construction, safety, operation and maintenance of liquefied petroleum gas storage systems used at storage and supply facilities which 
are directly linked to systems for transporting or distributing liquefied petroleum gas by 
pipeline or which form an integral part of land or maritime terminals importing this product) (74 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content: The notified text applies to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) 
storage systems used at storage and supply facilities which are directly linked to 
systems for transporting or distributing LPG by pipeline or which form an integral part of 
land or maritime terminals importing this product, and to reception, storage and delivery facilities. 
The text does not apply to the design, construction or relocation of underground storage 
wells, underground storage tanks, concrete LPG storage tanks, or installations comprising tanks with a capacity of less than 7,500 litres. G/TBT/N/MEX/250 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: To protect human safety, human, animal or plant health, the environment 
in general, and the working environment, in the event of fire, an explosion or similar. 
8. Relevant documents: - 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Not applicable. 
60 calendar days after publication of the 
final Mexican Official Standard in the 
Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments: 7 March 2013 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresse s, if available, of other body: 
Any comments may be addressed to: 
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/normali zacion/catalogo-
mexicano-de-normas  
Text available online at: 
http://www.dof.gob.mx/index.p hp?year=2013&month=01&day=07  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/tbt/MEX/13_0160_00_s.pdf