G/TBT/N/MEX/340  
17 January  2017 
(17-0310) Page: 1/3 
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 Medio Ambiente y Recurs os Naturales  (Ministry of the 
Environment and Natural Resources)  
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 indi cated if different from above:  
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales  
(National Advisory Committee on Standardization for the Environment and Natural 
Resources)  
Ejército Nacional número 223  
Piso 16, Colonia Anahu ac 
Delegación Miguel Hidalgo  
Código Postal 11320, Ciudad de México  
Email:  mildred.castro@semarnat.gob.mx   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products cover ed (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Motor 
vehicles (heading 87.03)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : PROY-NOM-167-
SEMARNAT -2016, Que establece los límites máximos permisibles de emisión de 
contaminantes para los vehículos automotores que circulan en las entidades federativas 
Ciudad de México, Hidalgo, Estado de México, Morelos, Puebla y Tlaxcala ; los métodos de 
prueba para la evalua ción de dichos límites y las especificaciones de tecnologías de 
información y hologramas  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-167-SEMARNAT -
2016 establishing the maximum permissible pollutant emission levels for motor vehicles in 
the federal entities o f Mexico City, Hidalgo, Mexico State, Morelos, Puebla and Tlaxcala ; 
test methods for assessing these levels ; and specifications concerning information 
technology and holograms) (35 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified amendment to t he Emergency Standard is binding 
on the following : Owners or lawful possessors of motor vehicles powered by gasoline, 
diesel, liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas or other alternative fuels, including vehicles 
providing public services at federal or local level or any form of private service regulated 
by federal or local road transport laws;  
Officials from control centres and, where appropriate, vehicle verification units that are 
accredited by the competent authorities of Mexico City, Hidalgo, Mexico State , Morelos, 
Puebla and Tlaxcala or by the Ministry of Communications and Transport ; and 
The competent authorities in Mexico City, Hidalgo, Mexico State, Morelos, Puebla and 
Tlaxcala, and the Ministry of Communications and Transport, within their respective 
spheres of competence.  G/TBT/N/MEX/340  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  
 The notified Mexican Official Standard has the following objectives:  
1. To establish the maximum permissible levels for emissions of pollutants from the 
exhausts of motor vehicles powered by gasoline, liquefied petroleum gas, natural 
gas, diesel or any other alternative fuel in the federal entities of Mexico City, 
Hidalgo, Mexico State, Morelos, Puebla and Tlaxcala;  
2. To establish the minimum information  technology requirements for control 
centres, vehicle verification units, and the federal government through the 
Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources and the Ministry of 
Communications and Transport, and the governments of the federal entities  of 
Mexico City, Hidalgo, Mexico State , Morelos, Puebla and Tlaxcala, within the 
scope of their respective powers;  
3. To establish minimum requirements governing the authenticity and traceability 
of vehicle verification records issued at control centres and v ehicle verification 
units applying this Mexican Official Standard.  
 The notified Mexican Official Standard is binding on the following:  
1. Owners or lawful possessors of motor vehicles circulating in Mexico City, Hidalgo, 
Mexico State, Morelos, Puebla and Tlax cala that are powered by gasoline, diesel, 
liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas or other alternative fuels, including vehicles 
providing any form of public service at federal or local level or any form of 
private service regulated by federal or local road transport laws;  
2. Officials from control centres and, where appropriate, vehicle verification units 
that are accredited by the competent authorities of Mexico City, Hidalgo, Mexico 
State, Morelos, Puebla and Tlaxcala or by the Ministry of Communications and 
Transport ; and 
3. The competent authorities in Mexico City, Hidalgo, Mexico State, Morelos, Puebla 
and Tlaxcala, and the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources and 
Ministry of Communications and Transport, within their respective spheres of 
compete nce. 
The notified Standard does not cover motorcycles, vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 
400 kg or less, hybrid vehicles, extended -range electric vehicles, agricultural tractors, or 
machinery used in the construction and mining industries.  
8. Releva nt 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 Mexican Official Journal on 2 7 November 2 002. 
 NOM-045-SEMARNAT -2006, Protección a mbiental  - Vehículos en circulación que 
usan diésel como combustible  - Límites máximos permisibles de opacidad, 
procedimiento de prueba y características técnicas del equipo de medición  (Mexican 
Official Standard NOM -045-SEMARNAT -2006: Environmental protec tion. Diesel-
powered road vehicles . Maximum permissible opacity levels, test procedure and 
technical characteristics of measuring equipment), published in the Mexican Official 
Journal on 1 3 September 2 007. 
 NOM-047-SEMARNAT -2014, Que establece las caracterí sticas del equipo y el 
procedimiento de medición para la verificación de los límites de emisión de 
contaminantes, provenientes de los vehículos automotores en circulación que usan 
gasolina, gas licuado de petróleo, gas natural u otros combustibles alternos  (Mexican 
Official Standard NOM -047-SEMARNAT -2014 establishing the characteristics of the 
equipment and the measuring procedure used to verify levels of pollutant emissions 
from motor vehicles using gasoline, liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas or other 
alternative fuels), published in the Mexican Official Journal on 2 6 November 2 014. 
 NMX-I-27001 -NYCE -2015, Tecnologías de la Información - Técnicas de Seguridad - 
Sistemas de Gestión de Seguridad de la Información - Requisitos  (Mexican Standard 
NMX-I-27001 -NYCE-2015: Information technology - Security techniques - 
Information security management systems - Requirements) (cancels Mexican 
Standard NMX -I-27001 -NYCE -2009)  G/TBT/N/MEX/340  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will be adopted 
upon its publication in the Official Journal as a final Mexican Official Standard.  
Proposed date of entry into force : The notified Mexican Official Standard will enter into 
force 60 calendar days after its publication in the Official Journal.  
10. Final date  for comments : 60 calendar days after publication in the Official Journal 
(26 December 2 016) 
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Secretarí a de Economía  
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad  
Dirección General de Normas  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43244  
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715  
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.economia -noms.gob.mx/?P=144  
Text available online at: 
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5467194&fecha=26/12/2016  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/MEX/17_0150_00_s.pdf