. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/191 
12 March 2010 
 (10-1347) 
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 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 Norm alización de Transporte Terrestre  
(National Advisory Committee on Standardization for Land Transport) Calzada de las Bombas No. 411, 11o. piso 
Colonia Los Girasoles Código postal 04920, Delegación Coyoacán Tel.: 5684 8831 / 5684 0188 E-mail: elizalde@sct.gob.mx and iflores@sct.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.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):   Portable tanks for 
transporting hazardous substances, materials and waste. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   
NOM-032-SCT2/2009, Especificaciones y ca racterísticas relativas al diseño, 
construcción, inspección y pruebas de cisternas  portátiles destinadas al transporte de las 
substancias, materiales y residuos peligrosos de las clases 1, 3 a 9  (Mexican Official 
Standard NOM-032-SCT2/2009, Specifications a nd characteristics relating to the design, 
construction, inspection and testing of portable tanks used to transport hazardous 
substances, materials and waste of Classes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9) (27 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified Mexican Official Standard is binding on shippers, 
carriers, consignees and manufacturers of portable tanks used to transport hazardous substances, materials and waste of Classes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 via general communication routes.  G/TBT/N/MEX/191 
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   Shippers and consignees wishing to transport hazardous substances, materials and waste of 
Classes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 via general communication routes must use portable tanks which have previously been marked.  This ma rking is to take the form of a metal plate 
attached to the tank. 
Carriers shall agree to transport portable tanks that have been selected by shippers and 
consignees in accordance with the regulations. 
The notified Mexican Official Standard do es not apply to road tankers, tank cars, 
non-metallic containers, intermed iate bulk containers (IBC) or  containers for transporting 
liquids which hold less than 450 litres. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
To establish the specifications and characteristics relating to the design, construction, 
inspection and testing of portable tanks used  to transport hazardous substances, materials 
and waste of Classes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, and the marking and certification 
requirements for such tanks, with a view to ensuring safety on general communication 
routes. 
8. Relevant documents: 
• Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 16 February 2010:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx  
• Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods - Model Regulations, 
fifteenth revised edition, United Nations, New York and Geneva, 2007.  Volume II, Chapter 6.7.2.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  }60 calendar days after publication in the 
Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   n/a 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the 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 also available online at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/tbt/mex/10_1054_00_s.pdf