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G/TBT/N/MEX/227 
29 March 2012 
 (12-1675) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   MEXICO 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Secretaría de Energía (Ministry of Energy) 
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 Derivados del Petróleo, del Gas y 
Bioenergéticos (National Advisory Committee on Standardization for Oil, Gas and 
Bioenergy Products) 
Website: http://www.sener.gob.mx 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [X], 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):   Design, construction, 
safety, operation and maintenance of liquefied petroleum gas storage systems used at 
storage and supply facilities.  
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
NOM-EM-003-SECRE-2012, Diseño, construcci ón, seguridad, operación y mantenimiento 
de sistemas de almacenamient o de gas licuado de petróleo mediante planta de depósito o 
planta de suministro que se encuentran directamente vinculados a los sistemas de transporte o distribución por duc to de gas licuado de petróleo, o que forman parte integral 
de las terminales terrestres o marítim as de importación de dicho producto  (Emergency 
Mexican Official Standard NOM-EM-003-SECRE-2012:  Design, construction, safety, 
operation and maintenance of liquefied petroleu m gas storage systems used at storage and 
supply facilities which are directly linked to systems for transporting or distributing liquefied petroleum gas by pipeline or which fo rm an integral part of land or maritime 
terminals importing this product) (72 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified Emergency Standard applies to storage systems used 
at storage and supply facilities which are directly linked to systems for transporting or distributing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by pi peline or which form an integral part of 
land or maritime terminals importing this product. 
The Standard does not apply to the design, construction or relocation of underground 
storage wells, underground storage tanks, conc rete LPG storage tanks, or installations 
comprising tanks with a capacity of less than 7.50 m3. G/TBT/N/MEX/227 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
The notified text seeks to prevent imminent damage to the health and wellbeing of the population and to the environment and natural resources by establishing the characteristics 
and/or specifications, criteria and procedures fo r the design, construction, safety, operation 
and maintenance of storage systems used at st orage and supply facilities which are directly 
linked to systems for transporting or distributin g LPG by pipeline or wh ich form an integral 
part of land or maritime term inals importing this product. 
8. Relevant documents:  
- API 2510, Design and Construction of Li quefied Petroleum Gas Installations, 
8th Edition, May 2001, National Fire Protection Association 
- NFPA-30, Flammable and Combustible Li quids Code, 2008 Edition, National Fire 
Protection Association 
- NFPA-58, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code, 2008 Edition 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  }The notified Standard will enter into force for a 
period of six months on the day after publication in the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   Not applicable 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and 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 
E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or jesus.figueroa@economia.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad- negocios/normalizacion/catalogo-
mexicano-de-normas  
 
Text available online at: 
http://dof.gob.mx/index.php? year=2012&month=03&day=16 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/tbt/MEX/12_1067_00_s.pdf