G/TBT/N/MEX/388  
10 January  2018 
(18-0205) 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 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:  
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, Co l. Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes, 
Naucalpan de Juárez, C.P. 53950, Estado de México,  
Tel.: 57 29 91 00, Ext. 43274 and 43244, Fax : 55 20 97 15  
Email: sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  juan.rivera@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) : 
Instruments for measuring natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-014-SCFI-2017, "Medidor es de Desplazamiento 
Positivo Tipo Diafragma para Gas Natural o l.p. en Estado Gaseoso -especificaciones, 
Métodos de Prueba y de Verificación"  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-014-
SCFI-2017, "Orifice -type positive displacement meters for natural ga s or LPG in gaseous 
state - Specifications, test and verification methods") (will cancel NOM -014-SCFI-1997), 
(19 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard applies to 
instruments for measuring natural and liquefied petroleum gas in relation to air in normal 
conditions with a maximum capacity of 10 m3/h and a maximum decrease in pressure of 
200 Pa.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Mexic an Official Standard establishes the specifications to be 
met by and the test and verification methods to be applied to orifice -type positive 
displacement meters for natural gas or LPG in gaseous state.  
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 2 7 November 2 002; G/TBT/N/MEX/388  
- 2 - 
   NMX-Z-12/1-1987, Muestreo para la inspección por atributos - Parte 1 : 
Información general y aplicaciones  (Mexican Standard NMX -Z-12/1-1987: 
Sampling for inspection by attributes . Part 1: General information and application), 
(this Standard cancels Mexican Official Standard NOM -Z-12/1 1975 and NOM -Z-
12/4-1977) . Notice of entry into force published in the Official Journal on 2 8 
October 1 987; 
 NMX-Z-12/2-1987, "Muestreo para la inspección por atributos - Parte 2 : Métodos 
de muestreo, tablas y gráficas"  (Mexican Standard NMX -Z-012/2 -1987: "Sampling 
for inspection by attributes  - Part 2 : Sampling procedures, tables and graphs"), 
(this Standard cancels Mexican Official Standard NOM -Z-12/2-1975 and NOM -Z-
12/3-1975) . Notice of entry into force published in the Mexican Official Journal on 
28 October 1 987; 
 NMX-Z-12/3-1987 Muestreo para la inspección por atributos -Parte 3 : Regla de 
cálculo para la determinación de planes de muestreo  (Mexican Standard NMX -Z-
12/3-1987: "Sampling for inspection by attributes . Part 3 : Calculation rule for 
determining sampling plans"), (this Standard canc els Mexican Official Standard 
NOM-Z-12/5-1980) . Notice of entry into force published in the Mexican Official 
Journal on 3 1 July 1 987; 
 NMX-Z-055-IMNC -2009 Vocabulario Internacional de Metrología -Conceptos 
fundamentales y generales, y términos asociados  (VIM) (Mexican Standard NMX -Z-
055-IMNC -2009 International vocabulary of metrology - Basic and general 
concepts, and associated terms (VIM) ). Notice of entry into force published in the 
Mexican Official Journal on 2 4 December 2 009; 
 NMX-EC-17025 -IMNC -2006 Requisitos generales para la competencia de los 
laboratorios de ensayo y de calibración  (Mexican Standard NMX -EC-17025 -IMNC -
2006: General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration 
laboratories), (cancels Mexican Standard NMX -EC-17025 -IMNC -2000) . Notice of 
entry into force published in the Official Journal on 2 4 July 2 006. 
9. Proposed date of adoption : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will enter into 
force 60 calendar days after its publication in the Official Journal as a final  standard.  
Proposed date of entry into force : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will enter 
into force 60 calendar days after its publication in the Official Journal as a final standard.  
10. Final date for comments : 60 calendar days as from the day after publication in the 
Official Journal  
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  
jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
Text available online at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/ nota_detalle.php?codigo=5509971&fecha=03/01/2018  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/MEX/18_0199_00_s.pdf