. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/MEX/219 
14 October 2011 
 (11-5047) 
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, 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 Standard ization for User Safety, Commercial 
Information and Trade Practices) Av. Puente de Tecamachalco No. 6 Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes 
Naucalpan de Juárez 
Código postal 53950, Estado de México Tel.: 5729-9100, Ext. 43207 Fax: 5520-9715 E-mail: hector.espindola@economia.gob.mx , 
 jose.fernandezdejauregui@economia.gob.mx  and/or 
 catarino.perez@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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Measuring instrument - 
Petrol dispensers 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
PROY-NOM-005-SCFI-2011, Instrumentos de medición - Sistema para medición y 
despacho de gasolina y otros combustibles líqui dos - Especificaciones,  métodos de prueba 
y de verificación (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-005-SCFI-2011, 
Measuring Instruments - System for Measuring and Dispensing Petrol and other Liquid Fuels - Specifications, and Test and Verifi cation Methods) (26 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:  This draft Mexican official standard applies to systems for 
measuring and dispensing petrol and other liquid fuels, which must, once installed in petrol 
stations, have external markings which are permanent and visible and indicate clearly and 
precisely the type of product dispensed. G/TBT/N/MEX/219 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To establish the specifications and test and verification methods that apply, as a precautionary measure, to the various systems for measuring and dispensing petrol and 
other liquid fuels marketed and used in commercial transactions in Mexico. 
8. Relevant documents:  International Recommendation OIML-R-117-1 (2007) Dynamic 
measuring systems for liquids other than wa ter, Part 1:  Metrological and technical 
requirements. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Not applicable 
60 calendar days after publication as a final 
Standard in the Official Journal 
10. Final date for comments:   5 December 2011 
11. Texts available from:  Na tional enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and 
fax numbers, e-mail and website addresse s, 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=10&day=07  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/tbt/MEX/11_3334_00_s.pdf