. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/MEX/229 
23 May 2012 
 (12-2708) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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:   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 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) Av. Puente de Tecamachalco No. 6 Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco Sección Fuentes, Naucalpan de Juárez 
Código postal 53950, Estado de México 
Tel.: 5729 9100, Ext. 43207 Fax: 5520 9715 E-mail: jorge.camacho@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):   Software and electronic 
systems (International Classificati on for Standards (ICS) code 35) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  
PROY-NOM-185-SCFI-2011, Programas inform áticos y sistemas electrónicos que 
controlan el funcionamiento de los sistemas  para medición y despacho de gasolina y otros 
combustibles líquidos - Especificaciones,  métodos de prueba y de verificación 
(Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM -185-SCFI-2011:  Software and electronic 
systems that control the operation of systems for measuring and dispensing petrol and other liquid fuels - Specifications, and test and ve rification methods) (21 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Standard requires the implementation of 
Mexican Official Standard NOM-005-SCFI-2011 (Measuring instruments - System for measuring and dispensing petrol and other liquid fuels - Specifications, and test and 
verification methods), published in the Offici al Journal on 30 March 2012, or any Standard 
that replaces it. G/TBT/N/MEX/229 
Page 2  
 
  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
To establish the specifications, test and veri fication methods, and conformity assessment 
procedure applicable to the security, protecti on and suitability of the software used in 
systems for measuring and dispensing petrol  which have received model or prototype 
approval and which are used and marketed in Mexico.   
8. Relevant documents:  
- OIML D 31, 2008 edition:  General require ments for software controlled measuring 
instruments. 
- WELMEC 7.2 (Issue 4), Software Guide - Measuring Instruments Directive 2004/22/EC. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applicable 
Upon the entry into force of 
NOM-005-SCFI-2011 as a final Standard. 
10. Final date for comments:   12 July 2012 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and 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 E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or jesus.figueroa@economia.gob.mx  
Website: " http://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad-negocios/normalizacion/catalogo-
mexicano-de-normas " 
 
Text available online at:  http://dof.gob.mx/index.php?year=2012&month=05&day=14  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/tbt/MEX/12_1852_00_s.pdf