G/TBT/N/MEX/448  
5 February  2019 
(19-0644) 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 Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales  (Ministry of the Environment and 
Natural Resources) Agencia Nacional de Seguridad Industrial y de Protección al Medio 
Ambiente del Sector Hidrocarburos  (National Agency for Industrial Safety and 
Environmental Protection in the Hydrocarbon Sector) Agencia de Seguridad, Energía y 
Ambiente , ASEA (Safety, Energy and Environment 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:  
Luis Reynaldo Vera Morales, Director of the Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización 
de Seguridad Indust rial y Operativa y Protección al Medio Ambiente del Sector 
Hidrocarburos  (National Advisory Committee on Standardization for Industrial and 
Operational Safety and Environmental Protection in the Hydrocarbon Sector), Address : 
Boulevard Adolfo Ruiz Cortines 4209 (Periférico Sur), Jardines en la Montaña, Ciudad de 
México . C.P. 14210, Email: jose.contreras@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 may be provided in addition, where applicable) : 
Pressurized portable containers and pressurized transportable containers - Safety in 
warehouses  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-011-ASEA -2018, Bodegas de distribución y bodegas 
de expendio de gas licuado de petróleo, mediante recipientes portátiles y recipientes 
transportables sujetos a p resión (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-011-ASEA -
2018, Centres distributing or selling liquid petroleum gas in pressurized portable 
containers and pressurized transportable containers) (24 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard is applicable 
throughout Mexican territory and is binding on all persons responsible for the design, 
construction, operation and maintenance, closure and dismantling of centres that 
distribute or sell liquid petrole um gas in pressurized portable containers and pressurized 
transportable containers.  
The specifications and provisions for the protection of the environment, established in the 
notified draft Mexican Official Standard, do not apply to projects for centres f or the 
distribution or sale of liquid petroleum gas that are to be located in protected natural 
areas or areas with forest vegetation, forests, semi -arid vegetation, coastal or wetland 
ecosystems, areas with woodland, deserts, river or lagoon systems, or a reas considered 
as havens or breeding grounds for migratory species, areas that provide a habitat for G/TBT/N/MEX/448  
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  species that are under special protection, endangered, at risk of extinctio n or thought to 
be extinct in the wild, in accordance with Mexican Official Sta ndard NOM -059-SEMARNAT -
2010, or any Standard that amends or replaces it.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the technical 
specifications concerning  industrial safety, operational safety and environmental 
protection to be met by centres distributing or selling liquid petroleum gas in pressurized 
portable containers and pressurized transportable containers during the design, 
construction, operation and  maintenance, closure and dismantling of such centres.  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Mexican Official Standard NOM-001-SEDE -2012 Instalaciones eléctricas 
(utilización) ; 
• Mexican Official Standard NOM-001-SEMARNAT -1996 Que establece los límites 
máximos permisibles  de contaminantes en las descargas de aguas residuales en 
aguas y bienes nacionales ; 
• Mexican Official Standard NOM-002-SEMARNAT -1996 Que establece los límites 
máximos permisibles de contaminantes en las descargas de aguas residuales a 
los sistemas de alcan tarillado ; 
• Mexican Official Standard NOM-059-SEMARNAT -2010 Protección ambiental -
Especies nativas de México de flora y fauna silvestres -Categorías de riesgo y 
especificaciones para su inclusión, exclusión o cambio -Lista de especies en riesgo . 
9. Proposed d ate of adoption : To be determined.  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined (the notified draft Standard will 
enter into force 12 0 calendar days after publication in the Official Journal)  
10. Final date for comments : 26 March 2 019 
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
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 available at:  
http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5548791&fecha=25/01/2019  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/MEX/19_0586_00_s.pdf