. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MEX/154 
3 September 2008 
 (08-4111) 
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) 
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 Normalizac ión de Seguridad Nuclear y Salvaguardas 
(National Advisory Committee on Standardiza tion for Nuclear Safety and Safeguards) 
Dr Barragán 779, 5° Piso, Colonia Narvarte Delegación Benito Juárez, 03020, México, D.F. 
Tel.: +(52) 50 95 32 50 
Fax: +(52) 55 90 61 03 E-mail: ccnn_snys@cnsns.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):   Personnel in charge of 
radiation safety, their assistants, and staff exposed to this hazard in the workplace. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   PROYECTO de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-031-NUCL-1999, Requerimientos para la calificación y entrenamiento del personal ocupacionalmente expuesto a radiaciones 
ionizantes, que en lo sucesivo se denominará PROY-NOM-031-NUCL-2008, 
Requerimientos para el entrenamiento de l personal ocupacionalmente expuesto a 
radiaciones ionizantes .  (Draft Mexican Official Standard NOM-031-NUCL-1999, 
Requirements for the qualification and training of  personnel exposed to ionizing radiation in 
the workplace, subsequently to be en titled PROY-NOM-031-NUCL-2008, Requirements 
for the training of personnel exposed to ionizi ng radiation in the workplace) (11 pages, in 
Spanish).  
6. Description of content:   This draft Mexican Official Standard establishes requirements for 
the training and further training of personnel in charge of radiation safety, their assistants, 
and staff exposed to this hazard in the workpl ace.  The requirements in question apply, as 
appropriate, to personnel in charge of radia tion safety, to their assistants, and to staff 
exposed to this hazard in the workplace.  G/TBT/N/MEX/154 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  - 
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 
18 August 2008.  Available at http://www.dof.gob.mx  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  }– 
10. Final date for comments:   17 October 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 
(General Directorate of 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_2722_00_s.pdf