. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/129 
26 November 2007 
 (07-5214) 
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, 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  Normalización de Transporte  (National Advisory 
Committee on Transport Standardization) Terrestre en Xola y Avenida Universidad 1er. piso, edificio "C", ala Oriente, colonia Narvarte  
Código postal 03028  
Delegación Benito Juárez  Tel.: (+56) 84 0188/1275 E-mail: iflores@sct.gob.mx, fmendera@sct.gob.mx, y pcarranp@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):  
 Hazardous substances, materials and wastes. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de Norma 
Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-005-SCT/2006, In formación de emergencia para el 
transporte de substancias, ma teriales y residuos peligrosos  (Draft Mexican Official 
Standard PROY-NOM-005-SCT/2006:  Emerge ncy Information on the Transport of 
Hazardous Substances, Materials a nd Wastes (10 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this draft Mexican Official Standard is to establish 
the data and specifications to be included in the Emergency Information on the Transport of 
Hazardous Substances, Materials and Wastes, i ndicating the action to be taken in the case of 
incidents or accidents (leaks, spillage, explosi ons, fires, exposure, etc.), and which all 
transport units must carry during the trans port of hazardous substances, materials and 
wastes in a bag or folder in an accessible pl ace in the unit, separate from the load.  This 
Mexican Official Standard is mandatory fo r shippers, transporters and consignees of 
hazardous substances, materials and wastes tr ansported via the main land, sea and air 
communication routes.   G/TBT/N/MEX/129 
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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 October 2007.  Available at http://www.dof. gob.mx 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:  } Not applicable 
10. Final date for comments:   21 December 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 de la Secretaría de Economía 
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