G/TBT/N/MEX/415  
12 June 2018 
(18-3637) 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 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:  
Comments may be submitted to the Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de la 
Secretaría de Economía , CCONNSE (National Advisory Committee on Standardization of the 
Ministry of the Economy)  
Av. Puente de Tecamachalco Núm. 6  
Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes, Naucalpan de Juá rez 
C.P. 53950, Estado de México  
Tel.: 57 29 91 00, Ext. 43279  
Fax: 55 20 97 15  
Email:  daniel.gonzalezs@economia.gob.mx , angel.torres@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) : Lubricating 
oils for four -stroke petrol engines and/or lubricating oils for two - and four -stroke diesel 
engines . Related tariff headings : 271012, 271019 and 271020.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-116-SCFI-2017, Industria automotriz - Aceites 
lubricantes para motores a gasolina y diésel - Especificaciones, métodos d e prueba e 
información comercial  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-116-SCFI-2017: Motor 
industry - Lubricating oils for petrol and diesel engines - Specifications, test methods and 
commercial information) (24 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard applies to natural 
and legal persons that produce, import and market lubricating oils for four -stroke petrol 
engines and/or lubricating oils for two -stroke and four -stroke diesel engines in Mexican 
territory.  
The draft Standard does not cover lubricating oils used in boats and motorcycles with 
petrol engines, or lubricating oils used in locomotives and boats with diesel engines.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard seeks to establish specifications 
and test methods for lubricating oils used in the engines of petrol - or diesel -fuelled 
vehicles . It also sets out the commercial information that must be displayed o n the 
labelling of any individual container in which the lubricating oil is marketed.  G/TBT/N/MEX/415  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -008-SCFI-2002, Sistema General de Unidades de 
Medida (General system of units of measurement), published in the Offi cial Journal 
on 27 November 2 002. 
 Mexican Official Standard NOM -030-SCFI-2006, Información comercial - 
Declaración de cantidad en la etiqueta - Especificaciones  (Commercial information - 
Quantity declaration on the label - Specifications), published in the  Official Journal 
on 6 November 2 006. 
 ASTM D445 -12, Standard Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent and 
Opaque Liquids (and Calculation of Dynamic Viscosity).  
 ASTM D7042 -16e3, Standard Test Method for Dynamic Viscosity and Density of 
Liquids by Stabinger Viscometer (and the Calculation of Kinematic Viscosity).  
 ASTM D2270 -10(2016), Standard Practice for Calculating Viscosity Index from 
Kinematic Viscosity at 40°C and 100°C.  
 ASTM D5293 -17e1, Standard Test Method for Apparent Viscosity of Engine Oils and 
Base Stocks between -10°C and -35°C Using Cold -Cranking Simulator.  
 ASTM D4684 -17, Standard Test Method for Determination of Yield Stress and 
Apparent Viscosity of Engine Oils at Low Temperature.  
 ASTM D5800 -15a, Standard Test Method for Evaporation Loss of Lubricating Oils 
by the Noack Method.  
 ASTM D892 -13e1, Standard Test Method for Foaming Characteristics of Lubricating 
Oils. 
 ASTM D2896 -15, Standard Test Method for Base Number of Petroleum Products by 
Potentiometric Perchloric Acid Titration.  
 ASTM D4951 -14, Standard Test Method for Determination of Additive Elements in 
Lubricating Oils by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectro metry.  
 ASTM D5185 -13e1, Standard Test Method for Multielement Determination of Used 
and Unused Lubricating Oils and Base Oils by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic 
Emission Spectrometry (ICP -AES).  
 Mexican Standard NMX -CC-9001-IMNC -2015,  Sistemas de gestión de la calidad - 
Requisitos (Quality management systems - Requirements) . Notice of entry into 
force published in the Official Journal on 3 May 2 016. 
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 : 7 August 2 018 G/TBT/N/MEX/415  
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  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 N ormas  (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43244  
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715  
Website: http://www.economia.gob.mx/co munidad -negocios/normalizacion/catalogo -
mexicano -de-normas  
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  / sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  / 
jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
 
Text available from:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5525604&fech a=08/06/2018  
 
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