G/TBT/N/MEX/368  
17 August 2017  
(17-4421) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Tec hnical 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 del Trabajo y Previsión S ocial (Ministry of Labour and 
Social Welfare)  
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 : Comité 
Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo  (National 
Advisory Committee on Standardization for Occupational Safety and Health)  
Paseo  de la Reforma Núm. 93, piso 14,  Col. Tabacalera, Delegación  Cuauhtémo c, Ciu dad 
de México, C.P. 06030  
Tel.: 2000 5100, Ex t. 63425  
Email: dgsst@stps.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, otherw ise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Diving 
equipment and personal protective equipment (90200003)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana P ROY-NOM-014-1-STPS-2017, Buceo - Condiciones de seguridad e 
higiene . Exposición laboral a presiones diferentes a la atmosférica absoluta  (Draft Mexican 
Official Standard PROY -NOM-014-1-STPS-2017: Diving - Safety and hygiene requirements . 
Occupational expos ure to pressures other than absolute air pressure) (100 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Standard is applicable throughout national territory 
and covers all underwater occupational activities.  
7. Objective and rationale, inclu ding the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified text establishes safety and hygiene requirements to protect the 
physical integrity and health of workers engaged in underwater occupational activities.  
8. Relevant documents:  
 Mexican Offici al Standard NOM -019-STPS-2011: Constitución, integración, 
organización y funcionamiento de las comisiones de seguridad e higiene  
(Establishment, composition, organization and operation of safety and hygiene 
commissions)  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -020-STPS-2011: Recipientes sujetos a presión, 
recipientes criogénicos y generadores de vapor o calderas - Funcionamiento - G/TBT/N/MEX/368  
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  Condiciones de seguridad  (Pressurized containers, cryogenic vessels and steam 
generators or boilers - Operation - Safety requirements)  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -022-STPS-2015: Electricidad estática en los centros 
de trabajo - Condiciones de seguridad  (Static electricity in the workplace - Safety 
requirements)  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -030-STPS-2009: Servicios preventivos de 
seguridad y salud en el trabajo - Funciones y actividades  (Preventive occupational 
safety and health services - Functions and activities)  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -09-TUR-2002: Que establece los elementos a que 
deben sujetarse los guías especializados en activid ades específicas  (Requirements 
to be met by guides specializing in specific activities)  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -012-TUR-2016: Para la prestación de servicios 
turísticos de buceo  (Tourist diving services)  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -047-SSA1 -2011: Salud ambiental - Índices 
biológicos de exposición para el personal ocupacionalmente expuesto a sustancias 
químicas  (Environmental health - Biological exposure indices for personnel 
occupationally exposed to chemical substances)  
9. Proposed date of adoptio n: Six months after publication in the Official Journal.  
Proposed date of entry into force : Six months after publication in the Official Journal . 
10. Final date for comments : 60 calendar days after publication in the Official Journal on 1 1 
August 2 017. 
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 5520 9715  
Website: http:// www.economia -noms.gob.mx/?P=144  
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
Text available online at:  
http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5493668&fecha=11/08/2017