G/TBT/N/MEX/436  
21 November 2018  
(18-7296) 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 Comunicaciones y Transportes – Agencia Reguladora 
del Transporte Ferroviario  (Ministry of Communications and Transport – Rail Transport 
Regulatory Agency)  
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 de Transporte Ferroviario , CCNN -TF 
(National Advisory Committee on Rail Transport Standardization)  
Calle Nueva York 115, Primer Piso  
Col. Nápoles, C.P. 03818  
Delegación Benito Juárez, Ciudad de México  
Tel.: 57 23 93 00, 73436/73441  
Email: karla.fernandez@sct.gob.mx  and samuel.fuentes@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  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Railway 
tracks (related heading : 860600)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial  Mexicana PROY -NOM-003-ARTF-2018, Sistema ferroviario – Seguridad – 
Clasificación y especificaciones de vía  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-003-
ARTF-2018: Railway System – Safety – Track classification and specifications) (38 pages, 
in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard is applicable to 
licenc e holders and other parties providing public rail transport services in the territory of 
the United Mexican States.  
The Standard does not cover tracks inside a facility that does not form part of the system 
of general communication routes, or tracks used exclusively for rapid transit operations 
in an urban area that are not connected to the system of general communication routes.  
7. Objective and rationale, incl uding the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the classification and 
minimum requirements for each type of track, so as to  ensure the safety of rail traffic in 
the Mexican railway system and the improvement of tracks in accordance with 
technological developments.  G/TBT/N/MEX/436  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
• Mexican Official Standard NOM -050-SCT2-2017: Disposición para la señalización 
de cruces a nivel de caminos y calles con vías férreas , published in the Mexican  
Official Journal on 1 1 July 2 017. 
• Mexican Official Standard NOM -055-SCT2-2016: Para vía continua, unión de 
rieles mediante soldadura , published in the Mexican Official Journal on 
26 May 2017. 
• Mexican Official Standard NOM -056-SCT2-2016: Para durmientes de madera , 
published in the Mexican Official Journal on 2 6 May 2 017. 
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined.  
Proposed date of entry into force : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will 
enter into force 180 calendar days following its publication in the Official Journal as a final 
standard.  
10. Final date for comments : 8 January 2 019 
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 for Competitiveness 
and Standardization)  
Dirección General de Normas  (Director ate-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 available at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5543410&fecha=09/11/2018