. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/183 
6 November 2009 
 (09-5539) 
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 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 No rmalización de Transporte Terrestre  (National Advisory 
Committee on Standardization for Land and Air Transport) Calzada de las Bombas número 411, 11o. piso Colonia Los Girasoles 
Código postal 04920, Delegación Coyoacán 
Tel.: 56 84 01 88 and 56 84 12 75 E-mail: elizalde@sct.gob.mx, jgcacere@sct.gob.mx and asanchzt@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):   New and used trailers 
and semi-trailers  
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
PROY-NOM-035-SCT-2-2008, Remolques y semirremolques - esp ecificaciones de 
seguridad y métodos de prueba (Draft Mexican Official Standard 
PROY-NOM-035-SCT-2-2008:  Trailers and semi-t railers - Safety specifications and test 
methods) (15 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the 
minimum safety and operating requirements to  be met by new and used trailers and 
semi-trailers assigned to provide federal road  transport, private freight transport and 
auxiliary services in Mexican territory, and is  applicable to trailer and semi-trailer 
manufacturers and importers. 
The draft Standard applies to trailers and semi -trailers with a gross vehicle weight rating of 
over 14,000 kg. 
This draft Mexican Official Standard does not apply to trailers or semi-trailers recognized 
as being specifically assigned to the transport of non-divisible objects of considerable G/TBT/N/MEX/183 
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  weight and/or volume, as described in Mexican Official Standard NOM-040-SCT-2-1995:  
"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". 
Moreover, this draft Standard does not apply to tr ailers or semi-trailers registered in Mexico 
prior to its entry into force. 
Neither does the draft Standard apply to traile rs or semi-trailers entering the country under 
the temporary import regime provided for in Ar ticle 106, paragraph I, of the Customs Law. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   - 
8. Relevant documents:   Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 
16 October 2009.  Available at:  http://www.dof.gob.mx . 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: } The notified Standard will enter into force 
60 calendar days after publication in the 
Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   15 December 2009 
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 
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