G/TBT/N/MEX/446  
11 January 2019  
(19-0158) 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 Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana  (Ministry of Safety and Citizen Protection) 
- Secretariado Ejecutivo del Sistema Nacional de Seguridad Pública  (Executive Secretariat 
of the National Public Safety System)  
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 Seguridad Pública , CCNNSP (National 
Advisory Committee on Standardization for Public Safety) , Address : Calzada General 
Mariano Escobedo No. 456, Colonia Anzures . Delegación Miguel Hidalgo, C.P. 11590, 
Ciudad de México ; Tel.: 50 93 30 00, 50 0 1 36 50,  Ext. 39166 and 39135, Email: 
fvazquez@secretariadoejecutivo.gob.mx  and tperez@secretariadoejecutivo.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) : Various 
types of vehicles  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-001-SEGOB2 -2018 Para la determinación, asignación 
e instalación del Número de Identificación Vehicular (Draft Mexican Official Standard 
PROY -NOM-001-SEGOB2 -2018: Determination, allocation and fixing of vehicle 
identification numbers) (9 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard is binding on all 
manufacturers, assemblers and importers located in nati onal territory, the vehicles of 
which, whether produced or imported, are destined to remain in the Mexican Republic for 
circulation or marketing purposes, regardless of the energy source or configuration of the 
vehicles . Such manufacturers, assemblers and importers are responsible for complying 
with the obligations set forth in the Standard.  
The vehicle identification numbers will give individuals and the public sector a means of 
identifying a vehicle with legal certainty.  
The draft Mexican Official Standar d does not apply to vehicles designed specifically for 
agricultural use, those considered as toys, vehicles manufactured for use in motor -racing 
competitions, or prototypes for exhibition, development or demonstration purposes.  G/TBT/N/MEX/446  
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  7. Objective and rationale,  including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes specifications for the 
determination, allocation and fixing of vehicle identification numbers (VINs) with respect 
to the vehicles subject to  it. 
8. Relevant documents:  
• NOM-035-SCT-2-2010 Remolques y semirremolques -Especificaciones de 
seguridad y métodos de prueba, Publicada en el Diario Oficial de la Federación el 
30 de septiembre de 2010, o la que la sustituya.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will 
enter into force 60 calendar days after the first calendar day following the date of its 
publication in the Official Journal as a final standard.  
10. Final date for comments : 5 March 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 Gener al 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  
Text available at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5547596&fecha=03/01/2019  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/MEX/19_0148_00_s.pdf