WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/199 
6 May 2010 
 (10-2565) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   MEXICO
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (Ministry of 
Communications and Transport) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail 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 Norm alización de Transporte Terrestre  
(National Advisory Committee on Standardization for Land Transport)  
Calzada de las Bombas No. 411, 11o. piso 
Colonia Los Girasoles Código postal 04920, Delegación Coyoacán Tel.: 50119243, Ext. 20623 E-mail: jgcacere@sct.gob.mx 
Website: http://www.sct.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):   Industrial cranes 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : 
PROY-NOM-040-SCT-2-2008, Para el transporte de objetos indivisibles de gran peso y/o 
volumen, peso y dimensiones de las combinac iones vehiculares y de las grúas industriales 
y su tránsito por caminos y puentes de jurisdicción federal (Draft Mexican Official 
Standard PROY-NOM-040-SCT-2-2008:  Transport of non-divisible objects of great 
weight and/or volume, the weight and dimensions of combinations of vehicles and industrial cranes and their conveyance on roads and bridges under federal jurisdiction) (21 pages, in Spanish) G/TBT/N/MEX/199 
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  6. Description of content:   The conveyance of industrial cranes and the transport of 
non-divisible objects of great weight and/or volume are subject to the provisions of the General Means of Communication Law ( Ley de Vías Generales de Comunicación ), the 
Roads, Bridges and Federal Transportation Law ( Ley de Caminos, Puentes y 
Autotransporte Federal ), the Regulations on the Weight , Dimensions, and Capacity of 
Motor Transport Vehicles Circulating on Roads and Bridges under Federal Jurisdiction 
(Reglamento sobre el Peso, Dimensiones y C apacidad de los Vehículos de Autotransporte 
que Transitan en los Caminos y Pu entes de Jurisdicción Federal ), the Federal 
Transportation and Auxiliary Services Regulations ( Reglamento de Autotransporte Federal 
y Servicios Auxiliares ), the Regulations concerning the Ci rculation of Vehicles on Federal 
Roads ( Reglamento de Tránsito en Carreteras Federales ) and the notified Mexican Official 
Standard. 
The equipment used by carriers to convey indus trial cranes and to transport non-divisible 
objects of great weight and/or volume must be approved.  In all cases, it must be ensured that semi-trailers, trailers, modular platform s and other such transport equipment are fitted 
with brake systems. 
Industrial cranes and combinations of vehi cles carrying non-divisible objects of great 
weight and/or volume, including any type of  load not exceeding the dimensions and gross 
vehicle weight indicated in the vehicle specifications for semi-trailer trucks in Mexican Official Standard NOM-012-SCT-2-2008, will not require special authorization to circulate or be restricted to circulating between certain hours.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified text sets forth weight, dimension and safety specifications for industrial cranes and combinations of vehicles used to transport non-divisible objects of great weight 
and/or volume, and specifications concerning the circulation, on roads and bridges under 
federal jurisdiction, of pilot units, industria l cranes and vehicles transporting non-divisible 
objects with a payload capacity of up to and exceeding 90 tonnes. 
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 26 April 2010:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/ / 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Upon publication as a Mexican Official 
Standard in the Official Journal. 
60 calendar days after publication in the 
Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   24 June 2010  G/TBT/N/MEX/199 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the other body: 
Secretaría de Economía 
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad Dirección General de Normas 
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43217 
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715 Website: http://www.economia-noms.gob.mx/?P=144
 
E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx and/or figueroa@economia.gob.mx 
Text also available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/tbt/mex/10_1990_00_s.pdf