G/TBT/N/MEX/281
23 January 2015
(15-0500)  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 Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales  (Ministry of the 
Environment and Natural Resources) 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales  
(National Advisory Committee on Standardization for the Environment and Natural Resources) 
Boulevard Adolfo Ruiz Cortines número 4209, 4o. piso Ala "B" 
Fraccionamiento Jardines en la Montaña Delegación Tlalpan, código postal 14210 
México, Distrito Federal 
Email: avelino.tovar@semarnat.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): Lead 
batteries 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: NOM-166-
SEMARNAT-2014, Control de emisiones atmosféricas en la fundición secundaria de plomo  
(Mexican Official Standard NOM-166-SEMARNAT-2014, Control of atmospheric emissions in 
secondary lead smelting) (9 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified Mexican Official Standard is binding throughout 
national territory on entities responsible for secondary lead smelting processes. It is also applicable to entities engaged in the recycling of used lead-acid batteries. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The text establishes the maximum permissible limits for atmospheric 
emissions of lead, total hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides and dioxins and furans from 
secondary lead smelting or used lead-acid battery recycling processes. It also establishes the relevant test methods and operating criteria and specifications.  G/TBT/N/MEX/281 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
• NOM-098-SEMARNAT-2002, Protección ambiental - Incineración de residuos, 
especificaciones de operación y límites de emisión de contaminantes  (Mexican 
Official Standard NOM-098-SEMARNAT-2002, Environmental protection - Waste incineration, operating specifications and pollutant emission limits); 
• NMX-AA-009-1993-SCFI, Contaminación atmosférica - Fuentes fijas - 
Determinación de flujo de gases en un conducto por medio de tubo de Pitot 
(Mexican Standard NMX-AA-009-1993-SCFI, Air pollution - Stationary sources - Determination of the gas flow in a pipe, using a pitot tube); 
• NMX-AA-010-SCFI-2001, Contaminación atmosférica - Fuentes fijas - 
Determinación de la emisión de partículas contenidas en los gases que fluyen por un conducto - Método isocinético  (Mexican Standard NMX-AA-010-SCFI-2001, Air 
pollution - Stationary sources - Determination of the emission of particles 
contained in gases flowing through a pipe - Isokinetic method); 
• NMX-AA-035-1976, Determinación de bióxid o de carbono, monóxido de carbono y 
oxígeno en los gases de combustión  (Mexican Standard NMX-AA-035-1976, 
Determination of carbon bioxide, carbon monoxide and oxygen in combustion 
gases); 
• NMX-AA-054-1978, Contaminación atmosférica - Determinación del contenido de 
humedad en los gases que fluyen por un conducto - Método gravimétrico  (Mexican 
Standard NMX-AA-054-1978, Air pollution - Determination of the moisture content 
of gases flowing through a pipe - Gravimetric method). 
9. Proposed date of adoption: - 
Proposed date of entry into force: 60 calendar days after the publication of the final 
Mexican Official Standard in the Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments: 2 March 2015 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad  (Undersecretariat 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.gob.mx/comuni dad-negocios/c ompetitividad-
normatividad/normalizacion/catalogo-mexicano-de-normas  
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
Also available at: 
http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5378252&fecha=09/01/2015  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/TBT/MEX/15_0489_00_s.pdf