G/TBT/N/MEX/378  
6 November  2017 
(17-6020) 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 : Agencia Nacional de Seguridad Industrial y de Protección al Medio 
Ambiente del Sector Hidrocarburos  (National Agency for Industrial Safety and 
Environmental Protection in the Hydrocarbon Sector)  
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:  
Carlos Salvador de Regules Ruiz -Funes  
Agencia Nacional de Seguridad Industrial y de Protección al Medio Ambiente del Sector 
Hidrocarburos  
5 de mayo No. 290, Colonia San Lorenzo Tlaltenango, C.P. 11210, Delegación Miguel 
Hidalgo, Ciudad de México (Parque Bicentenario), México  
Email: david.hernandez@asea.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) : Onshore 
and offshore pipelines, throughout their entire life cycle, that are used t o collect 
hydrocarbons and transport oil, natural gas, petroleum products and petrochemicals ; and 
pipelines used in natural gas processing and o il refining processes and for the distribution 
of natural gas and petroleum products . Pipelines that are out of operation (temporarily or 
after having been abandoned), and pipelines which have not yet been built or are inactive, 
are also included.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-009-ASEA -2017, Administración de la integridad de 
ductos de recolección, transporte y distribución de hidrocarburos, petrolíferos y 
petroquímicos  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-009-ASEA -2017: Management 
of the integrity of pipelines used to collect, transport and distribute hydrocarbons, 
petroleum products and petrochemicals) (41 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notifi ed draft Mexican Official Standard is generally 
applicable and mandatory throughout national territory and defines the steps for data 
collection, integration and analysis ; risk analysis ; integrity inspection and analysis ; 
maintenance and mitigation activit ies; and evaluation of the implementation of the 
integrity management process for onshore and offshore pipelines, throughout their entire 
life cycle.  G/TBT/N/MEX/378  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified text establishes requirements governing the management of the 
integrity of pipelines or parts thereof that are used to collect, transport and distribute 
hydrocarbons, petroleum products and petrochemicals, throughout their entire life cycle, 
with a view to main taining industrial safety, operational safety and environmental 
protection.  
8. Relevant documents:  
 NOM-008-SCFI-2002, Sistema general de unidades de medida  (Mexican Official 
Standard NOM -008-SCFI-2002, General system of units of measurement), published 
in the Official Journal on 2 7 November 2 002. 
 ISO 2859 -1:1999 – Sampling procedures  for inspection by attributes – Part 1 : 
Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot 
inspection.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 29 April 2 018 
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 calendar days after publication in the Official 
Journal.  
10. Final date for comments : 60 calendar days after publication in the 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 Gen eral 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://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5502997&fecha=31/10/2017  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/MEX/17_4979_00_s.pdf