G/TBT/N/MEX/323  
26 September 2016  
(16-5103) 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 : Agencia Nacional de Seguridad Industr ial y de Protección al Medio 
Ambiente del Sector Hidrocarburos  (National Agency for Industrial Safety and 
Environmental Protection in the Hydrocarbon Sector)  
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 Seguridad Industrial y Operativa y 
Protección al Medio Ambiente del Sector Hidrocarbu ros (National Advisory Committee on 
Standardization for Industrial and Operational Safety and Environmental Protection in the 
Hydrocarbon Sector)  
Melchor Ocampo 469  
Col. Nueva Anzures  
Delegación Miguel Hidalgo  
Ciudad de México, C.P. 11590, México  
Email: david.hernandez@asea.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 m ay be provided in addition, where applicable) : 
Hydrocarbons (heading 2711)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : PROY-NOM-018-
ASEA -2016, que establece las especificaciones de protección ambiental durante la 
construcción, mant enimiento mayor y abandono de sistemas de transporte y distribución 
de hidrocarburos, petrolíferos y petroquímicos en estado líquido y gaseoso por ducto, que 
se realicen en derechos de vía existentes ubicados en zonas agrícolas, ganaderas y eriales  
(Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-018-ASEA -2016 establishing the 
environmental protection specifications applicable during the construction, large -scale 
maintenance and abandonment of systems for transporting and distributing, by pipeline, 
hydrocarbons, p etroleum products and petrochemicals in liquid or gaseous form, where 
such activities are conducted in existing rights -of-way located in agricultural and livestock -
farming areas or uncultivated areas) (7 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : This draft Mexican Official Standard applies to persons engaged 
in the construction, large -scale maintenance and abandonment of systems for transporting 
and distributing, by pipeline, hydrocarbons, petroleum products and petrochemicals in 
liquid or gaseous form  that result from the natural gas processing and oil refining 
processes, where such activities are conducted in existing rights -of-way located in 
agricultural and livestock -farming areas, or uncultivated areas, in national territory.  
Pursuant to the Law on  Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection, the adverse 
effects on the environment, natural resources, and wild flora and fauna that can be caused 
by work or activities conducted at federal level that are not subject to the environmental 
impact asses sment procedure, will be subject, where appropriate, to other environmental G/TBT/N/MEX/323  
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  provisions and Mexican Official Standards . Such is the case for activities involving the 
construction, large -scale maintenance and abandonment of systems for transporting and 
distributing, by pipeline, hydrocarbons, petroleum products and petrochemicals in liquid or 
gaseous form, in existing rights -of-way located in agricultural and livestock -farming areas 
or uncultivated areas . These activities must be conducted in strict complianc e with the 
provisions of the notified draft Mexican Official Standard, so as to prevent, mitigate and 
offset any possible adverse effects on the environment.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notifie d draft Mexican Official Standard seeks to establish the technical 
environmental protection specifications applicable during activities involving the 
construction, large -scale maintenance and abandonment of systems for transporting and 
distributing, by pip eline, hydrocarbons, petroleum products and petrochemicals in liquid or 
gaseous form, where such activities are conducted in existing rights -of-way located in 
agricultural and livestock -farming areas or uncultivated areas.  
8. Relevant documents:  
 Ley de la  Agencia Nacional de Seguridad Industrial y de Protección al Medio 
Ambiente del Sector Hidrocarburos  (Law of the National Agency for Industrial Safety 
and Environmental Protection in the Hydrocarbon Sector)  
 Ley General para la Prevención y Gestión Integral  de los Residuos  (General law for 
the prevention and comprehensive management of waste)  
 Ley General de Vida Silvestre  (General law on wildlife)  
 Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al Ambiente  (General law on 
ecological balance and environm ental protection)  
 Ley Federal de Responsabilidad Ambiental  (Federal law on environmental 
responsibility)  
 Reglamento de la  Ley General para la Prevención y Gestión Integral de los Residuos  
(Regulations implementing the general law for the prevention and com prehensive 
management of waste)  
 Reglamento de la Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al Ambiente en 
Materia de Evaluación del Impacto Ambiental (Regulations implementing the general 
law on ecological balance and environmental protection in  respect of the 
environmental impact assessment)  
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 : - 
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  (General Directorate of Standards)  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43217  
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715  
Website: http://www.economia -noms.gob.mx/?P=144  
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
Text available online at: 
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5452732&fecha=15/09/2016  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/MEX/16_3 981_00_s.pdf