G/TBT/N/MEX/256  
27 March 2013  
(13-1674)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes  (Ministry of 
Communications and Transport) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail and website addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle 
comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if di fferent from above:  
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de Transporte Terrestre  (National Advisory 
Committee on Standardization for Land Transport) Calzada de las Bombas No. 411, 11o. piso 
Colonia Los Girasoles 
04920, Delegación Coyoacán México, Distrito Federal 
Tel.: (+52) 55 5011-9270 and (+52) 55 5011-9238 
E-mail: jmercdia@sct.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.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 wher e applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided  in addition, where applicable): Metal 
registration plates, identification stickers and registration documents for cars, buses 
and coaches, lorries, minibuses, motor cycles and trailers. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-001-SCT-2 -2012, Placas metálicas, calcomanías de 
identificación y tarjetas de circulación empl eadas en automóviles, autobuses, camiones, 
minibuses, motocicletas y remolques matriculados en la República Mexicana, licencia 
federal de conductor, calcomanía de verificación físico-mecánica, listado de series 
asignadas por tipo de vehículo, servicio y entidad federativa o dependencia de gobierno, especificaciones y método de prueba (Draft Mexican Official Standard 
PROY-NOM-001-SCT-2-2012: Metal registration plates, identification stickers and 
registration documents for cars, buses and coaches, lorries, minibuses, motor cycles and trailers registered in Mexico; federal driving licences; vehicle roadworthiness test stickers; list of alphanumeric identifiers by ty pe of vehicle, service and federative entity 
or government agency; specifications; and test method) (82 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/MEX/256 
- 2 - 
  6. Description of content: The notified draft Standard establishes the technical 
specifications and test methods applicable to metal registration plates and identification 
stickers for cars, buses and coaches, lorries, minibuses, motor cycles, trailers, 
semi-trailers and converter dollies registered in Mexican national territory; the alphanumeric identifiers for the registration  plates of the various types of vehicle 
registered in Mexico and used by the stat e and federal services; and the requirements 
to be met by vehicle registration documents, federal driving licences and vehicle 
roadworthiness test stickers. 
Metal vehicle registration plates and vehicle identification stickers may not under any 
circumstances be imported or subcontracted through third parties. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Safety and quality 
8. Relevant documents:  
- Mexican Standard NMX-B-001: Métodos de análisis químicos para determinar 
la composición de aceros y fundiciones  (Chemical analysis methods to determine the 
composition of steel and cast iron); 
- Mexican Standard NMX-B-055: Requisitos generales para lámina de acero galvanizada 
por el proceso de inmersión en caliente  (General requirements for steel sheet 
galvanized by the hot-dip coating process); 
- Mexican Standard NMX-D-122: Determinación de las propiedades de resistencia a 
la corrosión de partes metálicas con recubrimientos, empleadas en vehículos automotores. Método de niebla salina  (Determination of the corrosion resistance 
properties of coated metal parts used in motor vehicles. Salt spray method); 
- Mexican Standard NMX-U-025: Determinación del contenido de pigmento y del 
contenido de pintura del vehículo  (Determination of vehicle pigment content and 
paint content); 
- Mexican Standard NMX-Z-12/1, 2 and 3: Muestreo para la inspección por atributos  
(Sampling for inspection by attributes). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Not applicable. 60 days after the publication of the final 
Mexican Official Standard in the 
Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments: 20 May 2013 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresse s, if available, of other body: 
Secretaría de Economía 
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad 
Dirección General de Normas 
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729-9100, Ext. 43217 Fax: (+52) 55 5520-9715 E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or jesus.figueroa@economia.gob.mx  
Website: " http://www.economia.gob.mx/comuni dad-negocios/c ompetitividad-
normatividad/normalizacion/catalogo-mexicano-de-normas " 
Text available online at: 
http://www.dof.gob.mx/index.p hp?year=2013&month=03&day=21