. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/149 
1 August 2008  
 (08-3654) 
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 Medio Ambien te y Recursos Naturales (Ministry of the 
Environment and Natural Resources) 
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 Normalizaci ón de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales  
(National Advisory Committee on Standardi zation for the Environment and Natural 
Resources) 
Periférico Sur No. 4209, piso 5 
Col. Jardines de la Montaña Lado A C.P. 14210, México D.F. Tel.: 56280615 Fax: 56280656 or e-mail:  vict oria.carrillo@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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):  Persons carrying out 
work or activities relating to the artificial in filtration of rainwater and surface runoff into 
soil and subsoil through installa tions or groups of installations with a capacity exceeding 
60 litres per second (l/s). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   PROYECTO de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-015-CONA GUA-2007, Infiltración artificial de agua 
a los acuíferos.  Características y especificaciones de las obras y del agua (Draft Mexican 
Official Standard PROY-NOM-015-CONAGUA-2007, Artificial infiltration of water into aquifers.  Characteristics of and specifi cations for installations and water). 
6. Description of content:   The notified Mexican Official Standard sets forth guidelines for 
preserving the quality of water in aquifers a nd for using rainwater and surface runoff to 
increase available groundwater through artificial infiltration.  The Standard is applicable 
throughout Mexican territory to  persons carrying out work or activities relating to the 
artificial infiltration of rainwater and su rface runoff into soil and subsoil through 
installations or groups of installations w ith a capacity exceeding 60 litres per second (l/s). G/TBT/N/MEX/149 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
 
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8. Relevant documents:   Diario Oficial de la Federación (Official Journal) of 25 July 2008.  
Available at:  http://www.dof.gob.mx  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  } - 
10. Final date for comments:   24 September 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 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2008/tbt/mex/08_2273_00_s.pdf