G/TBT/N/MEX/483  
18 December  2020 
(20-9167) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : MEXICO  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de Transporte 
Terrestre , CCNN -TT (National Advisory Committee on Standardization for Land 
Transport)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authori ty designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Calzada de Las Bombas 411, piso 2, colonia Los Girasoles, Demarcación Territorial 
Coyoacán, Código Postal 04920, Ciudad de México, Mexico . Tel. (+52) 55 5723 9300 Ext. 
20010, Email: jmercdia@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) : Certain 
classes of hazardous substances or materials packaged/packed in excepted quantities - 
Specifications for transporting products including to the final consumer  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : PROYECTO de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-011/1 -SCT2/2020, Especificaciones para el 
transporte de determinadas clases de substancias o materiales peligrosos 
embalados/envasados en cantidade s exceptuadas -Especificaciones para el transporte de 
productos para el consumidor final, inclusive  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-
011/1 -SCT2/2020 : Specifications for transporting certain classes of hazardous substances 
or materials packaged/pack ed in excepted quantities - Specifications for transporting 
products including to the final consumer) (16 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard seeks to establish 
safety provisions governing certain classes of hazardous substances or materials 
(hazardous goods), duly packaged/packed in excepted quantities for their transportation 
and/or products for the final consumer or for sale to the public, made from any hazardous 
substance or material, which may be transported in units other than those for specialized 
cargo for transporting  hazardous materials.  
Road transporters using general communication routes to transport certain classes of 
hazardous substances or materials (dangerous goods) and products for the final consumer 
or for sale to the public, duly packaged/packed in excepted quantities and small 
quantities, shall be exempted, respectively, from the requ irement to obtain the permit 
referred to in Article 5, in accordance with Article 48.2 of the Regulations on Land 
Transport of Hazardous Materials and Waste.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/MEX/483  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
• Mexican Official Standard NOM -002-SCT/2011 : Listado de las Substancias y 
Materiales Peligrosos más Usualmente Transportados  
• Mexican Official Standard NOM -002/1 -SCT-2009: Listado de las Substancias y 
Materiales Peligrosos más Usualmente Transportados, instrucciones y uso de 
envases y embalajes, recipientes intermedios para gráneles (RIG), grandes 
envases y embalajes, cisternas portátiles, contendores de gas de elementos 
múltiples y conten dores para gráneles para el transporte de materiales y residuos 
peligrosos  
• Mexican Official Standard NOM -003-SCT/2008 : Características de las etiquetas 
de envases y embalajes, destinadas al transporte de substancias, materiales y 
residuos peligrosos  
• Mexican Official Standard NOM -008-SCFI/2002 : Sistema general de unidades de 
medida  
• Mexican Official Standard NOM -011-SCT2-2012: Condiciones para el transporte 
de las sustancias y materiales peligrosos envasadas y/o embaladas en cantidades 
limitadas  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Dirección General de Normas (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Calle Pachuca número 189, pisos 7 y 12, Colonia Condesa, Demarcación Territorial 
Cuauhtémoc, Código Postal 06140, Ciudad de México, Mexico  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 13217/13264  
Email:  
César Osvaldo Orozco Arce: cesar.orozco@economia.gob.mx  
Tania Daniela Fosado Soriano tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx  
https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5607382&fecha=11/12/2020  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/MEX/20_7776_00_s.pdf