. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/213 
6 May 2011 
 (11-2357) 
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 , SCT (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 número 411, 11o piso 
Colonia Los Girasoles Código postal 04920, Delegación Coyoacán Tel.: 5684 0188 and 5684 1275 E-mail: elizalde@sct.gob.mx
, quintero@sct.gob.mx  and iflores@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):   Technical identification 
plates to be affixed to road tankers, portable tanks and metal intermed iate bulk containers. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
PROY-NOM-023-SCT2/2011, Información que de be contener la Placa Técnica que deben 
portar los autotanques, cisternas portátiles y recipientes metálicos intermedios a granel 
(RIG) que transportan substancias, materiales y residuos peligrosos (Draft Mexican 
Official Standard PROY-NOM-023-SCT2/201 1:  Information requirements for the 
technical plates that are to be affixed to road  tankers, portable tanks and metal intermediate 
bulk containers (IBCs) used to transport hazardous substances, materials and waste) (12 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   This draft Standard is bindi ng on manufacturers of road tankers, 
portable tanks and IBCs that are subject to pressures exceeding atmospheric pressure and on shippers and consignees of  hazardous substances, materials and waste who use these 
types of unit or container. G/TBT/N/MEX/213 
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   All road tankers, portable tanks and IBCs subject to pressures exceeding atmospheric 
pressure must be fitted with a corrosion-r esistant metal identification plate that is 
permanently attached in a conspicuous pl ace and readily accessible for inspection or 
verification.  It is therefore necessary to check that each unit transporting hazardous substances, materials and waste is fitte d with its respective technical plate. 
It is vital that whoever is going to load h azardous substances, materials and waste into these 
containers check that a technical specifications plate is attached.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
To establish the information specifications for th e technical identification plates that are to 
be affixed to road tankers, portable tanks  and IBCs subject to pressures exceeding 
atmospheric pressure which are used to tr ansport hazardous substances, materials and 
waste. 
8. Relevant documents:  
• UN Recommendations on the Transport of  Dangerous Goods - Model Regulations, 
Sixteenth revised edition, New York and Geneva, 2009; 
• US Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49 - Transportation, Section 178.345-14, 
2009. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  }60 calendar days after publication in the 
Official Journal 
10. Final date for comments:   27 June 2011 
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 E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx
 and/or jesus.figueroa@economia.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.economia.gob.mx/swb/es/economia/p_Catalogo_Mexicano_Normas  
 
Also available at: 
http://dof.gob.mx/index.php? year=2011&month=04&day=27 , and 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/tbt/MEX/11_1386_00_s.pdf