G/TBT/N/MEX/320  
26 September 2016  
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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 : Agencia Nacional de Seguridad Industr ial y de Protección al Medio 
Ambiente del Sector Hidrocarburos  (National Agency for Industrial Safety and 
Environmental Protection in the Hydrocarbon Sector)  
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 Hidrocarbu ros (National Advisory Committee on 
Standardization for Industrial and Operational Safety and Environmental Protection in the 
Hydrocarbon Sector)  
Melchor Ocampo 469  
Col. Nueva Anzures  
Delegación Miguel Hidalgo  
Ciudad de México, C.P. 11590, México  
Email: david.hernandez@asea.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 ma y be provided in addition, where applicable) : 
Compressed natural gas (CNG) loading terminals (heading 76.13)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : PROY-NOM-010-
ASEA -2016, Gas Natural Comprimido (GNC) . Requisitos mínimos de se guridad para 
terminales de carga y terminales de descarga de módulos de almacenamiento 
transportables y estaciones de suministro de vehículos automotores  (Draft Mexican Official 
Standard PROY -NOM-010-ASEA -2016: Compressed natural gas (CNG) . Minimum safety 
requirements to be met by loading and unloading terminals for transportable storage 
modules, and motor vehicle fuelling stations) (57 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard is binding on all 
compressed natural gas (CNG) terminals and fuelling stations in the Mexican Republic . It 
applies to the systems, components, equipment and materials used in:  
 1.2.1. Loading terminals and service stations, from the natural gas inlet valve in the 
compression system to the point where the CNG is transferred to the transportable 
storage system or vehicle  system.  
 1.2.2. Unloading  terminals, from the CNG reception point to the user's natural gas 
inlet valve.  
 1.2.3. Satellite  fuelling stations, from the CNG reception point t o the point where the 
CNG is transferred to vehicle systems.  
 1.2.4. The draft Standard does not cover:  G/TBT/N/MEX/320  
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  (a) Stations regulating and measuring either the reception of natural gas in loading 
terminals and fuelling stations or the delivery of natural gas in unload ing 
terminals.  
(b) Vehicles for transporting CNG containers.  
 1.2.5. It does not apply to:  
(a) Vehicle reloading apparatus.  
(b) Integrated CNG compression and dispensing equipment.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified text establishes the requirements to be met concerning the 
design, construction, operation, safety and maintenance of loading terminals and 
unloading terminals for transportable storage systems, and CNG fuelling stations for motor 
vehicles.  
8. Relevant documents:  
 NOM-001-SECRE -2010,  Especificaciones del gas natural  (Mexican Official Standard 
NOM-001-SECRE -2010: Specifications for natural gas)  
 NOM-002-SECRE -2010,  Instalaciones de aprovechamiento de gas natural  (Mexican 
Official Standard NOM -002-SECRE -2010: Natural gas installations)  
 NOM-003-SECRE -2011, Distribución de gas natural y gas licuado de petróleo por 
ductos  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -003-SECRE -2011: Pipeline distribution of 
natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas)  
 NOM-011-SECRE -2000,  Gas natural comprimido para uso automotor . Requisitos 
mínimos de seguridad en instalaciones vehiculares (Mexican Official Standard 
NOM-011-SECRE -2000: Compressed natural gas for automotive use . Minimum 
safety requirements for vehicle systems)  
 NOM-008-SCFI-2002, Sistema general de unidades de medida  (Mexican Official 
Standard NOM -008-SCFI-2002: General system of units of measurement)  
 NOM-001-SEDE -2012, Instalaciones eléctricas (utilización)  (Mexican Official 
Standard NOM -001-SEDE -2012: Electrical installati ons (use))  
 NOM-002-STPS-2010, Condiciones de seguridad - Prevención y protección contra 
incendios en los centros de trabajo (Mexican Official Standard NOM -002-STPS-2010: 
Safety requirements - Prevention of and protection against fire in the workplace)  
 NOM-020-STPS-2011, Recipientes sujetos a presión, recipientes criogénicos y 
generadores de vapor o calderas - Funcionamiento - Condiciones de seguridad  
(Mexican Official Standard NOM -020-STPS-2011: Pressurized containers, cryogenic 
vessels and steam generators  or boilers - Operation - Safety requirements)  
 NOM-026-STPS-2008, Colores y señales de seguridad e higiene, e identificación de 
riesgos por fluidos conducidos en tuberías  (Mexican Official Standard 
NOM-026-STPS-2008: Signs and colours for safety and health , and identification of 
risk of accidents by fluids conducted in pipes)  
 NOM-028-STPS-2012, Sistema para la administración del trabajo -Seguridad en los 
procesos y equipos críticos que manejen sustancias químicas peligrosas  
(NOM -028-STPS-2012: Work administr ation system - Safety in critical processes and 
equipment pertaining to the handling of hazardous chemical substances)  
9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : 60 calendar days after the publication of the final 
Mexican Official Standard in the Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments : - G/TBT/N/MEX/320  
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  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 of Competitiveness 
and Standardization)  
Dirección General de Normas  (General Directorate of Standards)  
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.m x 
Text available online at: 
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5451868&fecha=08/09/201