. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/142 
6 June 2008 
 (08-2673) 
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 del Trabajo y Previsión Social  (Ministry of Labour and 
Social Welfare) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web site 
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 y Salud en el Trabajo 
(National Advisory Committee on Standardiza tion for Occupational Safety and Health) 
Valencia No. 36, piso 2 
Col. Insurgentes Mixcoac 
C.P. 03920, México D.F. Tel.:  30-00-32-00, Ext. 3247 or e-mail:  jivillanueva@stps.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):  Personal protective 
equipment (places of work) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   PROYECTO de 
Modificación de la Norma Ofic ial Mexicana NOM-017-STPS-2001 , Equipo de protección 
personal - Selección, uso y manejo en los centros de trabajo, para quedar como PROY-
NOM-017-STPS-2007, Equipo de protección perso nal – Selección, uso y manejo en los 
centros de trabajo (Draft amendment to Mexican Official Standard NOM-017-STPS-2001, 
Personal protective equipment – Selection, use and handling in  the workplace, the title of 
which is now as follows:  PROY-NOM-017-STPS- 2007, Personal protective equipment – 
selection, use and handling in the wo rkplace) (23 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   Sets forth minimum requirements to ensure that the employer 
selects, acquires and provides his workers with  suitable personal protective equipment to 
protect them from work environment agents th at may damage their physical integrity and 
health.  This Standard applies to all places of work throughout Mexico, where it is necessary 
to select suitable personal protective equi pment for employees in accordance with the 
activities they carry out. G/TBT/N/MEX/142 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
 
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8. Relevant documents:   Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 
22 February 2008.  Available at:  http://www.dof.gob.mx 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  }- 
10. Final date for comments:   21 July 2008 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web site addresses, if available of the other body: 
Dirección General de Normas de la Secretaría de Economía  
(Directorate-General for Standards of the Ministry of the Economy) Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9300, Ext. 4 3221 
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715 Web site: http://www.economia-noms.gob.mx/ E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx 
and 
 
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