. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/185 
21 December 2009 
 (09-6643) 
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.: 5011 9201 and 5011 9240 E-mail: elizalde@sct.gob.mx
, flores@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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Transport of Class 3 
hazardous flammable liquid substances, materials and waste. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
PROY-NOM-028-SCT2/2009, Disposiciones especi ales y generales para el transporte de 
las substancias, materiales y residuos pelig rosos de la clase 3 líquidos inflammables  
(Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY- NOM-028-SCT2/2009:  Special and general 
provisions on the transport of Class 3 hazardous  flammable liquid substances, materials and 
waste) (12 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Mexican Official Standard aims to establish 
special and general provisions and determin e the type and group of container and/or 
packaging required for the transport of Cl ass 3 hazardous flammable liquid substances, 
materials and waste. 
The draft Standard is binding on shippers , carriers and consignees of Class 3 hazardous 
flammable liquid substances, materials and w aste, and determines th e type and group of 
container and/or packaging required for the transport of these products. G/TBT/N/MEX/185 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  -  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Recommendations on the Transport of Da ngerous Goods - Model Regulations, 
fifteenth revised edition, United Nations, New York and Geneva, 2007. 
• Manual of Tests and Criteria, fourth revi sed edition, United Nations, New York and 
Geneva, 2003. 
• Globally Harmonized System of Classifica tion and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS), 
first revised edition, United Nati ons, New York and Geneva, 2005. 
• Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 9 December 2009.  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:   7 February 2010 
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