G/TBT/N/MEX/357  
22 May 2017  
(17-2741) Page: 1/4 
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 Indust rial 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:  
Agencia Nacional de Seguridad Industrial y de Protección al Medio Ambiente del Sector 
Hidrocarburos  (National Agency for Industrial  Safety and Environmental Protection in the 
Hydrocarbon Sector)  
Or: Dirección General de Normas  (General Directorate of Standards ) 
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad  (Under -Secretariat of Competitiveness 
and Standardization)  
Secretaría de Econo mía (Ministry of the Economy ) 
Puente de Tecamachalco Núm. 6  
Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes  
Naucalpan de Juárez, C.P. 53950, Estado de México  
Tel. 52 29 61 00, Ext. 43244  
Email: sofia.pacheco@e conomia.gob.mx  and/or normasomc@economia.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) : Onshore 
petroleum storage facilities  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : NOM-EM-003-
ASEA -2016, Especificaciones y criterios técnicos de seguridad industrial , seguridad 
operativa y protección al medio ambiente para el diseño, construcción, pre -arranque, 
operación y mantenimiento de las instalaciones terrestres de almacenamiento de 
petrolíferos, excepto para gas licuado de petróleo  (Emergency Mexican Official S tandard 
NOM-EM-003-ASEA -2016: Industrial safety, operational safety and environmental 
protection specifications and technical criteria for the design, construction, pre -start up, 
operation and maintenance of onshore petroleum storage facilities, other than  those used 
for liquefied petroleum gas) (3 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Emergency Mexican Official Standard is applicable 
throughout national territory and is binding on all persons responsible for the design, 
construction,  pre-start up, operation and maintenance of onshore facilities used for the 
storage, reception and delivery of petroleum products, additives and biofuels, other than 
liquefied petroleum gas.  
The notified Emergency Mexican Official Standard applies to the f ollowing:  G/TBT/N/MEX/357  
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   Petroleum storage facilities used in distribution activities, which have a total storage 
capacity of 50m3 (314.5 barrels) or more in horizontal and/or vertical underground 
and/or above -ground tanks;  
 The storage of additives and biofuels used in g asoline and/or diesel blending and 
preparation processes;  
 The design, construction, pre -start up, operation and maintenance of vapour 
recovery systems  in facilities located in any of the places referred to in Appendix I of 
this Emergency Mexican Official S tandard ; and 
 The following aspects and operations in r eception and delivery systems located in 
petroleum, additive and biofuel storage facilities:  
 The p oint where  the storage facility connects to a pipeline transport system or 
an onshore facility receiving  or delivering via tanker -ship; 
 Loading of tanker -truck from storage tank;  
 Loading of tanker -car from storage tank;  
 Unloading from tanker -truck to storage tank;  
 Unloading from tanker -car to storage tank;  
 Transfer from tank to tank.  
This Emergency Mexican O fficial Standard does not apply to the following:  
 Storage spaces integrated in processing units, the capacity of which will be limited to 
whatever is necessary to ensure process continuity;  
 The storage of chemical substances not mentioned in this Emergency  Mexican 
Official Standard;  
 Petroleum storage at service stations where diesel and gasoline are stored.  
Petroleum storage at service stations storing diesel and gasoline for self -
consumption and retail sale ; and 
 The injection/blending of additives and biof uels in pipelines, tanker -trucks and 
tanker -cars. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : This Emergency Mexican Official Standard establishes the industrial safety, 
operational safety and environmental protec tion specifications, technical criteria and 
requirements to be met in the design, construction, pre -start up, operation and 
maintenance of onshore storage, reception and delivery facilities for petroleum products, 
additives and biofuels, other than liquefi ed petroleum gas.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Mexican Official Standard NOM -093-SCFI-1994: Válvulas de relevo de presión (Seguridad, 
Seguridad -Alivio y Alivio) operadas por resorte y piloto ; fabricadas de acero y bronce  
(Spring -operated pressure release valves  (safety, safety -relief and relief) made of steel 
and brass)  
SEMARNAT -07-013, Rev.04, Chapter VI of the Accident Prevention Programme  
AAR Railway for Engineering Manual  
API 2610 - Design, Construction, Operation, Maintenance, and Inspection of Terminal & 
Tank Facilities  
API 421 - Design and Operation of Oil -Water Separators  
API RP 520 - Sizing, Selection, and Installation of Pressure -Relieving Devices in Refineries  
API 521 - Pressure -Relieving and Depressuring Systems  
API 594 - Dual Plate Check Valves  G/TBT/N/MEX/357  
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  API 5 99 - Metal Plug Valves -Flanged, Threaded, and Welding Ends  
API 600 - Cast Steel Valves  
API 602 - Gate, Globe, and Check Valves for Sizes DN 100 (NPS 4) and Smaller for the 
Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries  
API 609 - Butterfly Valves : Double -Flanged, Lug -and Wafer -Type 
API 623 - Steel Globe Valves -Flanged and Butt -Welding Ends, Bolted Bonnets  
API 650 - Welded Steel Tanks for Oil Storage  
API 653 - Tank Inspection, Repair and Reconstruction  
API RP 1004 - Bottom Loading and Vapor Recovery for MC -306 Tank Mot or Vehicles  
API 2000 - Venting Atmospheric and Low -pressure Storage Tanks  
ASME B31.3 - Design of Chemical and Petroleum Plants and Refineries Processing 
Chemicals and Hydrocarbons, Water and Steam  
ASME B31.4 - Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquid Hyd rocarbons and Other Liquids  
ANSI B31.3 - Process Piping Guide  
ANSI B31.4 - Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquids and Slurries  
IEEE 515 - Standard for the Testing, Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Electrical 
Resistance Trace Heating for Indust rial Applications  
ISGOTT 5th edition, ICOS/OCIMF/IPAH - International Safety Guide for Oil Tankers and 
Terminals  
ISO 10434 - Bolted Bonnet Steel Gate Valves for the Petroleum, Petrochemical and Allied 
Industries  
ISO 14313 - Petroleum and Natural Gas Indust ries - Pipeline Transportation Systems - 
Pipeline Valves  
NFPA - Fire Protection Handbook  
NFPA 11 - Standard for Low -, Medium -, and High -Expansion Foam  
NFPA 14 - Standard for the Installation of Standpipe and Hose Systems  
NFPA 15 - Standard for Water Spray Fixed Systems for Fire Protection  
NFPA 16 - Standard for the Installation of Foam -Water Sprinkler and Foam -Water Spray 
Systems  
NFPA 20 - Standard for the Installation of Stationary Pumps for Fire Protection  
NFPA 22 - Standard for Water Tanks for Private Fi re Protection  
NFPA 24 - Standard for the Installation of Private Fire Service Mains and Their 
Appurtenances  
NFPA 25 - Standard for the Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water -Based Fire 
Protection Systems  
NFPA 30 - Flammable and Combustible Liquids C ode 
UL 515 - Standard for Electrical Resistance Trace Heating for Commercial Applications  
USCG 33 CFR 154 - Facilities Transferring Oil or Hazardous Material in Bulk  
USCG 46 CFR 39 - Vapor Control Systems  
9. Proposed date of adoption : Immediately.  
Propos ed date of entry into force : Immediately.  
10. Final date for comments : Not applicable.  G/TBT/N/MEX/357  
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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 5 520 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://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5462374&fecha=24/11/2016  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/MEX/17_2381_00_s.pdf