G/TBT/N/MEX/336  
19 December 2016  
(16-6890) 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 Nac ional de Normalización de la Secretaría de Economía , CCONNSE (National 
Advisory Committee on Standardization of the Ministry of the Economy ) 
Puente de Tecamachalco número 6 
Colonia Lomas  de Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes  
Naucalpan  de Juárez  
C.P. 53950 , Estado de México  
Tel.: 57 29 91 00, Ext. 43259  
Fax: 55 20 97 15  
Email: jesus.salazar@economia.gob.mx  or rodrigo.beristain@economia.gob.mx  
3. Notified u nder 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) : Valves used 
in transportable liquefied petro leum gas (LPG) containers (tariff heading 84.81)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-197-SCFI-2015, "Válvula Que Se Utiliza En Recipientes 
Transportables Para Contener Gas L.P . Especificaciones y Métodos de Prueba"  (Draft 
Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-197-SCFI-2015: Valves used in transportable 
liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) containers . Specifications and test methods ) (30 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The noti fied text establishes the minimum technical 
specifications and test methods for valves used in transportable liquefied petroleum gas 
(LPG) containers marketed in the Mexican Republic.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems wh ere 
applicable : To establish the minimum technical specifications and test methods for valves 
used in transportable liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) containers marketed in the Mexican 
Republic.  
8. Relevant documents : Mexican Official Standard NOM -008-SESH/SC FI-2010: 
Transportable liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) containers . Manufacturing and materials 
specifications and test methods, published in the Official Journal on 2 1 December 2 010. 
Mexican Official Standard NOM -106-SCFI-2000: Design characteristics and con ditions for 
use of the official countermark, published in the Official Journal on 2 February 2 001.  G/TBT/N/MEX/336  
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  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 Official Standard will enter 
into force 180 calendar days after its publication in the Official Journal as a final standard.  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from 1 3 Dece mber 2 016. 
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  
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.php?codigo=5465133&fecha=13/12/2016  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/MEX/16_5147_00_s.pdf