. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/119 
13 December 2006 
 (06-5978) 
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 (SCT) (Ministry of 
Communications and Transport)  
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:    
Comments may be addressed to the Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de 
Transporte Terrestre  (National Advisory Committee on St andardization of Land Transport) 
at:  
Calzada de las Bombas número 411, 11o. piso,  
Colonia Los Girasoles 
Delegación Coyoacán C.P. 04920 Tel.: (+52)(55) 56840638 Fax: (+52)(55) 56840721   E-mail:  cgonzale@sct.gob.mx 
or Puente de Tecamachalco #6 Piso 2 
Colonia Lomas de Tecamachalco 
Naucalpan de Juárez 
Estado de México México. C.P. 53950 Fax:   (+52)(55) 55209715  E-mail:  normasomc@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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Federal road transport 
and auxiliary service vehicles and private ve hicles which circulate on roads and bridges 
under federal jurisdiction.  
5. 
 
 Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proyecto de Norm a 
Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-012-SCT-2-2003;  Sobre el peso y dimensiones máximas con los  que  pueden circular  los vehículos  de aut otransporte  que transitan  en  los  caminos y G/TBT/N/MEX/119 
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  5. Title, number of pages and language (s) of the notified document:  (cont'd) 
puentes de jurisdicción federal (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-012-SCT-2- 
2003 on the maximum authorized weight and dime nsions for road transport vehicles which 
circulate on roads and bridges under federal jurisdiction).  
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will be mandatory 
throughout national territory.  Consequently, ma nufacturers, rebuilders and importers of the 
road transport units covered by this Standa rd must manufacture or import the vehicles in 
such a way as to ensure compliance with the specifications regarding weight, dimensions 
and capacity set forth in the final Standard.  Once the Standard comes into force, any road 
transport vehicles covered by this draft Sta ndard which fail to comply with the weight, 
dimension and capacity specifications will be  prohibited from circulating on roads and 
bridges under federal jurisdiction. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
 The purpose of this draft Mexican Official  Standard is to define the maximum 
authorized limits in respect of weight and di mensions so that production of road transport 
and the industry in general match the need  to preserve and maintain Mexico's road 
infrastructure and the safety of its users. 
8. Relevant documents:   Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 
28 November 2006 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   27 January 2007 
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 
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9300 Ext. 43245 
Fax:  (+52) 55 5520 9715 
Web site: http://www.economia.gob.mx/?P=2781  http://www.economia.gob.mx/?P=85(Standards catalogue). E-mail:  normasomc@economia.gob.mx