G/TBT/N/MEX/456  
5 August 2019  
(19-5071) 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) : Not 
applicable  
2. Agency responsible : Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes  (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 notifi cation shall be indicated if different from above:  
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de Transporte Terrestre  (National Advisory 
Committee on Standardization for Land Transport) ; Address : Calzada de las Bombas 411, 
piso 2, Colonia Los Girasoles, Alcaldía Coyoacán, Código Postal 04920, Ciudad de México ; 
Tel.: (55) 5723 9300, Ext. 20115 or (55) 5265 3600, Ext. 4510 ; Email: elizondo@imt.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) : Products 
related to road signs  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : PROY-NOM-
034-SCT2-2018, Proyecto de Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -034-SCT2-2018 
"Señalamiento Horizontal y Vertical de Carreteras y Vialidades Urbanas" Prefacio  
(PROY -NOM-034-SCT2-2018, draft Mexican Official Standard NOM -034-SCT2-2018: 
"Horizontal and vertical signage for highways and urban roadways", Preface) (65 pages, 
in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The draft Mexican Official Standard sets forth the general 
requirements to be taken into account in the design and implementation of road signage 
for highways and urban roadways under federal, state and municipal jurisdiction.  
So that road signage can help drivers, including drivers of federal road transport vehicles 
and the general  public, and other road users travel safely, the notified Standard must be 
observed on federal, state and municipal highways and on urban roadways.  
The horizontal and vertical signage for highways and urban roadways comprises markings 
on the pavement and o n adjacent structures ; boards with symbols, pictograms and 
legends ; and other elements . These constitute a system whose purpose is to outline the 
geometric characteristics of the highways and urban roadways ; indicate all structural 
elements installed withi n the right -of-way; warn of any potential dangers on the highway 
or urban roadway and their nature ; regulate traffic by pointing out physical limitations or 
regulatory prohibitions restricting their use ; and provide timely guidance to users 
throughout thei r journeys by indicating the names and locations of towns, places of 
interest and distances in kilometres and by providing information on services or places of 
interest for tourism or recreation, communicating to users instructions related to their 
safety and road protection so as to properly regulate and channel the traffic of motor G/TBT/N/MEX/456  
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  vehicles, non -motorized vehicles and pedestrians . For those instructions to be easily 
understood by users and the occurrence of accidents to be reduced, the system must be 
uniform throughout the country.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The draft Mexican Official Standard sets forth the general requirements to 
be taken into account in the design and implementation of road signage for highways and 
urban roadways under federal, state and municipal jurisdiction ; Protection of human 
health or safety.  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Mexican Official Standard NOM -036-SCT2/2016 - Rampas de Emergencia para 
Frenado en Carreteras  
• Mexican Official Standard NOM -050-SCT2/2017 - Disposición para la señalización 
de cruces a nivel de caminos y calles con vías férreas  
• Mexican Official Standard NOM -086-SCT2/2015 - Señalamiento y Dispositivos 
para Protección en Zonas d e Obras Viales  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined The notified draft Mexican Official 
Standard will enter into force 90 calendar days after its publication in the Official Journal 
as a final standard and, with respect to the installation of vertical signs, 180 calendar 
days after the date of its publication in the Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments : 24 August 2 019 
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)  
Dirección General de Normas  (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:  
normasomc@economia.gob.mx  
sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_to_imagen_fs.php?codnota=5563987&fecha=25/06/2019
&cod_diario=281920  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/MEX/19_4325_00_s.pdf