G/TBT/N/MEX/304  
20 April 2016  
(16-2232)  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 Economía  (Ministry of the Economy) 
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 la Secretaría de Economía , CCONNSE 
(National Advisory Committee on Standardization of the Ministry of the Economy) 
Av. Puente de Tecamachalco número 6, colonia Lomas de Tecamachalco Sección Fuentes, Naucalpan de Juárez, C.P. 53950 
Estado de México 
Tel.: 5729 6100, Ext. 43222 Email: rodrigo.arreguin@economia.gob.mx , liliana.samperio@economia.gob.mx  and 
arturo.villanueva@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): Hydraulic 
bottle jacks (subheading 8425.42) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-114-SCFI-2015, Gatos hidráulicos tipo botella - Especificaciones de seguridad y métodos de prueba  (Draft Mexican Offi cial Standard PROY-
NOM-114-SCFI-2015: Hydraulic bottle jacks - Safety requirements and test methods) 
(15 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified draft Standard sets out definitions concerning the 
use of hydraulic bottle jacks, establishes a cl assification of hydraulic bottle jacks, and 
provides information on the sampling and test methods to which they are subject. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: To establish the safety requirements and test methods for hydraulic bottle 
jacks with a capacity of up to 30t, used for raising, lowering and, in general, moving heavy 
loads or parts thereof. 
8. Relevant documents:  
 NOM-008-SCFI-2002, Sistema General de Unidades de Medida  (Mexican Official 
Standard NOM-008-SCFI-2002: General system  of units of measurement), published 
in the Official Journal on 27 November 2002; 
 NMX-Z-012/1-1987, "Muestreo para la inspección por atributos - PARTE 1: 
Información general y aplicaciones". Declarat oria de vigencia publicada en el Diario 
Oficial de la Federación el 28 de octubre de 1987 (Mexican Standard NMX-Z-012/1-
1987: "Sampling for inspection by attributes - Part 1: General information and 
application") Notice of entry into force published in the Mexican Official Journal on G/TBT/N/MEX/304 
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  28 October 1987; 
 NMX-Z-012/2-1987, "Muestreo para la inspección por atributos - PARTE 2: Métodos 
de muestreo, tablas y gráficas". Declaratoria de vigencia publicada en el Diario 
Oficial de la Federación el 28 de octubre de 1987 (Mexican Standard NMX-Z-012/2-
1987: "Sampling for inspection by attributes - Part 2: Sampling procedures, tables and graphs") Notice of entry into force published in the Mexican Official Journal on 
28 October 1987. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will be adopted 
upon its publication in the Official Journal as a final Mexican Official Standard. 
Proposed date of entry into force: The notified draft Mexican O fficial Standard will enter 
into force 90 calendar days after its publication in the Official Journal as a final standard.  
10. Final date for comments: Sixty days as from 13 April 2016. 
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 
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad Dirección General de Normas 
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100 Ext. 43244 
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.p hp?codigo=5432968&fecha=13/04/2016  
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