G/TBT/N/MEX/318  
2 September  2016 
(16-4677) 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 Comunicaciones y Transp ortes (Ministry of 
Communications and Transport)  
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 differe nt from above:  
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de Transporte Terrestre (National Advisory 
Committee on Standardization for Land Transport)  
Calzada de las Bombas 411  
Colonia los Girasoles  
Código Postal 04920, 2do piso  
Ciudad de México  
Tel.: (55) 5723-9300, Ext. 19030 or 19043  
Email: pvacio@sct.gob.mx  and emunozse@sct.gob.mx  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products c overed (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Hauled rail 
units (heading 86)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : PROY-NOM-025-
SCT2-2015. "Disposiciones de seguridad para el equipo de arrastre ferroviario al servicio 
de carga"  (Draft Mexican Offic ial Standard PROY -NOM-O25-SCT2 -2015: Safety provisions 
for hauled rail units used to carry freight) (21 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of conte nt: Drawing on existing legislation and regulations pertaining to rail 
transportation, and in accordance with the provisions contained in the Federal Law on 
Metrology and Standardization, the notified draft Standard establishes, in full, the 
provisions and  operational safety parameters applicable to hauled rail unit systems, 
components and mechanisms operating within the Mexican railway system.  
Licensed rail companies, as well as all other private enterprises and state or municipal 
bodies authorized to oper ate hauled rail units, must establish their own procedures for 
inspection and preventive and corrective maintenance in order to ensure that their 
operative fleets comply with the safety parameters and provisions contained in this 
Standard.  
In accordance wi th Mexico's international commitments, especially the Free Trade 
Agreement (FTA) with the United States of America and Canada, this Mexican Official 
Standard incorporates the safety parameters applicable to rail transportation equipment 
used in the operati on of national rail system trains, taking into account the most important 
and pertinent of the relevant standards in force in the other countries party to the 
Agreement.  G/TBT/N/MEX/318  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified text establishes the safety parameters to be met by hauled rail 
units, with a view to ensuring and maintaining operational safety in the commercial rail 
service.  
8. Relevant documents:  
 Ley Reglamentaria del Servicio Ferroviario  (Law establ ishing regulations governing 
the rail service)  
 Reglamento del Servicio Ferroviario  (Rail service regulations)  
9. Proposed date of adoption : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will be adopted 
upon its publication in the Official Journal as a fina l Mexican Official Standard.  
Proposed date of entry into force : This draft Mexican Official Standard will enter into 
force 60 calendar days after its publication in the Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments : 60 calendar days after publication in t he Official Journal.  
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. 43244  
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://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5450528&fecha=31/08/2016  
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