G/TBT/N/MEX/435  
31 October  2018 
(18-6830) 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 Transportes  (Ministry of 
Communications and Transport)/ Agencia Reguladora del Transporte Ferroviario  (Rail 
Transport Regulatory Agency)  
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:  
Benjamín Alemán Castilla, Presidente del  Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de 
Transporte Ferroviario  (Chair of the National Advisory Committee on Rail Transport 
Standardization), located at Calle Nueva York 115, Primer Piso, Col . Nápoles, C.P. 03818, 
Delegación Benito Juárez, Ciudad de México, Tel. : 57 23 93 00, Ext. 73436 and 73441 , 
Email : karla.fernandez@sct.gob.mx  and samuel.fuentes@sct.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) : Railway 
tractive stock  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Ofic ial Mexicana PROY -NOM-002-ARTF-2018, "Sistema ferroviario - Seguridad -
Inspección del equipo tractivo"  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-002-ARTF-
2018: "Railway System - Safety - Inspection of tractive stock ") (14 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard is applicable within 
the territory of the United Mexican States and will have to be observed by license or 
permit holders providing public rail transport services.  
7. Objective and rationale, includ ing the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the safety 
parameters to be met by railway tractive stock, with a view to ensuring and maintaining 
the factors of operational safety in the commerc ial rail service.  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Mexican Official Standard NOM -044/1 -SCT2-1997: Instrucciones para la 
ejecución de inspecciones y reparaciones programables de conservación del 
equipo tractivo ferroviario . Parte 1. - Inspección diaria o de viaje , published in the 
Official Journal on 1 June 1 998. 
• Mexican Official Standard NOM -044/2 -SCT2-1995: Instrucciones para la 
ejecución de inspecciones y reparaciones programables de conservación del G/TBT/N/MEX/435  
- 2 - 
  equipo tractivo ferroviario . Parte 2. - Inspección trimestral o de 48,000 km , 
published in the Official Journal on 1 2 May 1 997. 
• Mexican Official Standard NOM -008-SCFI-2002: Sistema General de Unidades de 
Medida , published in the Official Journal on 1 1 November 2 002. 
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : 60 calendar days from the first calendar day after 
the date of publication in the Official Journal  
10. Final date for comments : 24 December 2 018 
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 for Competitiveness 
and Standardization)  
Dirección General de N ormas  (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43244  
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715  
Website : http://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad -negocios/normalizacion/catalogo -
mexicano -de-normas  
Email: 
norm asomc@economia.gob.mx /sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx /jose.ramosr@economi
a.gob.mx  
 
Text available at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5542037&fecha=25/10/2018  
 
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