. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/163 
15 September 2008 
 (08-4263) 
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 Normalizac ión de Transporte Terrestre y de Transporte 
Aéreo  (National Advisory Committee on Standardization for Land and Air Transport) 
Xola y Av. Universidad, piso  1, Edif. C, ala Oriente 
Col. Narvarte, México D.F., C.P. 03028 
Tel.: 55-59-51-56 and 55-30-73-90 Fax: 55-19-48-71 E-mail: htrevino@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):   National franchisees, 
permit holders and air operators ope rating in Mexican RVSM airspace 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de Norma 
Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-091-SCT3-2004, Que establece las operaciones en el 
Espacio Aéreo Mexicano con separaci ón vertical mínima reducida (MRVSM)  (Draft 
Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-091-SC T3-200 establishing operations in Mexican 
Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (MRVSM) airspace) (43 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Mexican Official Standard seeks to establish the 
operating procedures to be followed and the RVSM airworthiness and operational 
requirements to be met by the aircraft of all franchisees, permit holders and air operators in 
order to operate in Mexican RVSM airspace, from FL290 to FL410 inclusive, within the Mexico FIR (Flight Information Region) and M azatlán Oceanic FIR.  This draft Standard 
applies to all national franchisees, permit holders and air operators operating in Mexican 
RVSM airspace, with the exception of military and police aircraft and humanitarian and 
ferry flights.  It also applies to foreign airc raft in respect of the operating procedures that 
they are required to follow in Mexican RVSM airspace. G/TBT/N/MEX/163 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   - 
8. Relevant documents:   Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal)  of 27 August 2008. 
Available at:  http://www.dof.gob.mx. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: } 26 October 2008 
10. Final date for comments:   - 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and website addresses,  if available, of other body:  
General Directorate of Standards of the Ministry of the Economy 
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729-9300, Ext. 43221 Fax: (+52) 55 5520-9715 Web site: http://www.economia-noms.gob.mx/ 
E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx 
Web site: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2008/tbt/MEX/08_2790_00_s.pdf