G/TBT/N/MEX/286
12 March 2015
(15-1408)  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: Comisión Reguladora de Energía  (Energy Regulatory Commission) 
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 Derivados del Petróleo, del Gas y 
Bioenergéticos de la Comisión Reguladora de Energía  (National Advisory Committee on 
Standardization for Oil, Gas and Bioenergy Prod ucts of the Energy Regulatory Commission) 
Av. Horacio 1750, Col. Los Morales Polanco 
Del. Miguel Hidalgo, 11510, México, D. F. 
Email: abrena@cre.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): Piped 
natural gas, ethanol, biogas and coal-associated gas falling under heading 2711. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-007-SECRE- 2015, Transporte de gas natural, etano, 
biogás y gas asociado al carbón mineral por medio de ductos  (Draft Mexican Official 
Standard PROY-NOM-007-SECRE-2015: Pipeline transport of natural gas, ethane, biogas and coal-associated gas) (121 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: This Mexican Official Standard applies to gas transport systems 
located in Mexican national territory, from their point(s) of origin to their destination 
point(s). It also applies to the transportation of gas from coal deposits to delivery and/or 
consumption points. It is not applicable to gas pipeline transport systems used to connect gas exploitation and gas production installa tions, except those for which the Energy 
Regulatory Commission (CRE) has issued a permit.  For the purposes of this Mexican 
Official Standard, the term "transport" also covers transport for specific purposes within 
the meaning of the Law on Hydrocarbons and the regulations governing activities referred 
to in the third section of this Law.  G/TBT/N/MEX/286 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The notified Draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the technical 
specifications and minimum design, construction, operational, maintenance and safety 
requirements to be met by natural gas, ethane, biogas and coal-associated gas pipeline transport systems.  It applies to natural gas, ethane, biogas and coal-associated gas pipeline transport systems (henceforth referred to indiscriminately as "gas transport 
systems") situated in Mexican territory.  It covers the design, construction, operation and 
maintenance of gas transport systems, including those which have not yet been built or are inactive, and those which have already been constructed with alterations to their 
original design.  
8. Relevant documents:  
• NOM-001-SECRE-2010,  Especificaciones del gas natural  (Mexican Official Standard 
NOM-001-SECRE-2010, Specifications for natural gas) 
• NOM-003-SECRE-2011, Distribución de gas natural y gas natural licuado del petróleo 
por ductos  (Mexican Official Standard NOM-0 03-SECRE-2011: Distribution of natural 
gas and liquefied petroleum gas)  
• NOM-001-SEDE-2012, Instalaciones eléctricas (utilización)  (Mexican Official 
Standard NOM-001-SEDE-2012, Electrical installations (use))  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 60 calendar days after publication in the Official Journal. 
Proposed date of entry into force: The notified Mexican Official Standard will enter into 
force after being published as a final standard in the 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:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy) 
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad  (Undersecretariat 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.mx 
Text available online at: 
http://www.dof.gob.mx/normasOficial es/5617/cre2a11_C/cre2a11_C.html  
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