. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/186 
21 January 2010 
 (10-0309) 
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 Energía  (Ministry of Energy) and Secretaría de 
Economía  (Ministry of the Economy) 
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 Normal ización en Materia de Hidrocarburos  
(National Advisory Committee on Standardization in the Field of Hydrocarbons) 
Avenida Insurgentes Sur número 890, piso 4 Colonia Del Valle, 03100, México, D.F. 
Tel.: 5000-6000, Ext. 1130 
Fax: 5000-6253 E-mail: csotelo@energia.gob.mx, mmendoza@energia.gob.mx,  iposadas@energia.gob.mx, mahorta@energia.gob.mx Website: http://www.energia.gob.mx/
 
 
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalizac ión de Seguridad al Usuario, Información 
Comercial y Prácticas de Comercio  (National Advisory Committee on Standardization for 
User Safety, Commercial Information and Trade Practices) Puente de Tecamachalco número 6, 3° piso 
Colonia Lomas de Tecamachalco, Naucalpan de Juárez 
Estado de México Tel.: 5729-9482 E-mail: amedina@economia.gob.mx;  francos@economia.gob.mx Website: http://www.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):   Transportable liquefied 
petroleum gas (LPG) containers 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   PROY-NOM-008-
SESH/SCFI-2009, Recipientes transportables para contener Gas L.P.  Especificaciones de 
fabricación, materiales y métodos de prueba (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-
NOM-008-SESH/SCFI-2009:  Transportable liquefi ed petroleum gas (LPG) containers.  
Manufacturing and materials specifications a nd test methods) (58 pages, in Spanish). G/TBT/N/MEX/186 
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  6. Description of content:   The purpose of the notified draft Mexican Official Standard is to 
establish the minimum technical design, manufacturing and safety specifications and the test methods for transportable LPG containers with a nominal storage capacity of up to and including 45kg. which are manufactured and/or marketed in Mexico. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   - 
8. Relevant documents:  
• International Organization for Standa rdization Standard No. ISO 9328-7; 
• ISO 11114-1; 
• ISO 11114-2; 
• ISO 11119-3; 
• ISO 18172-1; 
• Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 24 December 2009.  Available at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication as a Mexican Official 
Standard in the Official Journal. 
60 calendar days after publication in the 
Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   22 February 2010 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, E-mail and website addresses,  if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía 
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad 
Dirección General de Normas Tel.: (+52) 55 5729-9100, Ext. 43217 Fax: (+52) 55 5520-9715 Website: http://www.economia-noms.gob.mx/?P=144
 
E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx and/or figueroa@economia.gob.mx 
Text available online at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/tbt/mex/10_0266_00_s.pdf