. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/MEX/215 
22 August 2011 
 (11-4172) 
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 Medio Ambien te y Recursos Naturales (Ministry of the 
Environment and Natural Resources) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and e-mail and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or au thority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalizaci ón de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales 
(National Advisory Committee on Standardi zation for the Environment and Natural 
Resources) Blvr. Adolfo Ruiz Cortines número 4209, 4o. piso Ala "B" Delegación Tlalpan, México, D.F. 
Código postal 14210 
E-mail:  sylvia.trevino@semarnat.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.semarnat.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):   Hazardous waste 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
PROY-NOM-160-SEMARNAT-2011, Que establece los elementos y procedimientos para formular los planes de manejo de residuos peligrosos  (Draft Mexican Official Standard 
PROY-NOM-160-SEMARNAT-2011 establishing elements and procedures for formulating hazardous waste management plans) (13 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:  
The following entities are required to comply w ith the notified Mexican Official Standard, 
in accordance with the General Law for the Prevention and Comprehensive Management of 
Waste ( Ley General para la Prevención y Gestión Integral de los Residuos ): 
(i) Large generators of hazardous waste;  and 
(ii) producers, exporters, importers and dist ributors of products which, when disposed 
of, become the hazardous waste referred to in Article 31, subsections I to XI, of the aforementioned Law, and the notified Mexican Official Standard. G/TBT/N/MEX/215 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
To establish elements and procedures for form ulating hazardous waste management plans. 
8. Relevant documents:  -  
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:   11 October 2011 
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/swb/es/economia/p_Catalogo_Mexicano_Normas  
 
Text also available at:   http://dof.gob.mx/index.php? year=2011&month=08&day=12  and 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/tbt/MEX/11_2736_00_s.pdf