G/TBT/N/MEX/418  
18 June 2018 
(18-3771) 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 Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
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 (CCONNSE) (National Advisory Committee on 
Standardization) , Av. Puente de Tecamachalco Núm. 6 Col . Lomas de Tecamachalco, 
Sección Fuentes, Naucalpan de Juárez C.P. 53950, Estado de México Tel. : 52 29 61 00, 
Ext. 43227 and 43245, Fax 55 20 97 15 or Email: dgn.jorge@economia.gob.mx  and 
emeterio.mosso@economia .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) : Fire-fighting 
equipment - Portable and mobile fire extinguishers  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-154-SCFI-2017, Equipos contra incendio -Extintores 
portátiles y móviles -Servicio de mantenimiento y recarga (Draft Mexican Standard Official 
PROY -NOM-154-SCFI-2017, Fire -fighting equipment - Portable and mobile fire 
extinguishers - Maintenance and recharging service), (cancels Mexican Official Standard 
NOM-154-SCFI-2005), (31 pages, in Sp anish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard applies to natural 
and legal persons providing services for the maintenance and recharging of non-motorized 
portable and mobile fire extinguishers on wheels, which are of dome stic or foreign 
manufacture and marketed in the United Mexican States.  
It does not apply to permanently installed systems for fire -fighting purposes, even if 
certain parts of such systems are portable (for example, hoses and nozzles connected to a 
fixed su pply of extinguishing agents).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the requirements for 
services for the maintenance and recharging of non-motorized portable and mobile fire 
extinguishers on wheels, in order to guarantee their proper functioning when fighting 
incipient fires, in accordance with their design.  G/TBT/N/MEX/418  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -002-STPS-2010,  Condiciones de seguridad -
Prevención y protección contra incendios en los centros de trabajo  (Mexican Official 
Standard NOM -002-STPS-2010: Safety requirements - Prevention of and 
protection against fire in the workplace), published in the Official Journal on 9 
December 2 010; 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -017-STPS-2008,  Equipo de protección personal - 
Selección, uso y manejo en los centros de trabajo  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -
017-STPS-2008: Personal protective equipment - Selection, use and handling in 
the workplace), pub lished in the Official Journal on 9 December 2 008; 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -045-SCFI-2000, Instrumentos de medición -
Manómetros para extintores  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -045-SCFI-2000: 
Measuring instruments - Manometers for extinguishers), published in the Official 
Journal of 2 3 February 2 001; 
 NOM-106-SCFI-2000, Características de diseño y condiciones de uso de la 
contraseña oficial  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -106-SCFI-2000: Design 
characteristics and condi tions for use of the official countermark), published in the 
Official Journal on 2 November  and 1 1 December 2 000; 
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined.  
Proposed date of entry into force : The notified Mexican Official Standard will enter into 
force 180 calendar days after its publication in the Official Journal.  
10. Final date for comments : 13 August 2 018 
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 General 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 avai lable from:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5526423&fecha=14/06/2018  
 
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