. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/188 
22 February 2010 
 (10-0944) 
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 Economía  (Ministry of the Economy) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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 Normalizac ión de Seguridad al Usuario, Información 
Comercial y Prácticas de Comercio  (National Advisory Committee on Standardization for 
User Safety, Commercial Information and Trade Practices) Puente de Tecamachalco número 6, 3° piso Colonia Lomas de Tecamachalco, Naucalpan de Juárez 
Estado de México 
Tel.: 5729-9482 E-mail: amedina@economia.gob.mx
;  francos@economia.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.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):   New radial tyres 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
PROY-NOM-086-SCFI-2009, Industria hulera-Ll antas nuevas de construcción radial que 
son empleadas para cualquier vehículo con un  peso bruto vehicular igual o menor a 
4,536 kg. (10,000 lb.) - Especificaci ones de seguridad y métodos de prueba  (Draft Mexican 
Official Standard PROY-NOM-086-SCFI-2009:  Rubber industry - New radial tyres for any vehicle with a gross vehicle weight no t exceeding 4,536 kg. (1 0,000 lb.) - Safety 
specifications and test methods) (49 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The purpose of the notified draft Mexican Official Standard is to 
establish the safety specifications and test methods for new radial tyres, whether domestically manufactured or imported, which ar e used on any vehicle with a gross vehicle 
weight not exceeding 4,536 kg.  (10,000 lb.) and which are marketed in Mexico. 
 
This Mexican Official Standard does not apply to tyres for racing vehicles, agricultural or 
industrial use, motorcycles, motorized tricycles or quad bikes, nor to temporary tyres, diagonal tyres, including those with belt, or tyres designed to turn without air pressure and 
with a special rim, known as run-flat tyres. G/TBT/N/MEX/188 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To establish the safety specifications and test  methods for new radial tyres, whether 
domestically manufactured or imported, which ar e used on any vehicle with a gross vehicle 
weight not exceeding 4,536 kg.  (10,000 lb.) and which are marketed in Mexico. 
 
This Mexican Official Standard does not apply to tyres for racing vehicles, agricultural or 
industrial use, motorcycles, motorized tricycles or quad bikes, nor to temporary tyres, diagonal tyres, including those with belt, or tyres designed to turn without air pressure and 
with a special rim, known as run-flat tyres. 
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 
9 February 2010.  Available at:  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:   12 April 2010 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail 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. 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 available online at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/tbt/mex/10_0687_00_s.pdf