WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99/588
1 December 1999
(99-5207)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   MEXICO
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Energy
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:   Contact point
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 liquified
petroleum gas (LPG) containers
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Mexican
Official Standard PROY-NOM-011/1-SEDG-1999.  Safety Standards for Portable LPG
Containers in Use.  (6 pages in Spanish)
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this Draft Mexican Official Standard is to establish
minimum safety specifications for portable LPG containers used for distributing liquified
petroleum gas by means of such receptacles, as well as specifications for the marking to
identify the distributor owning the container, and the procedures to evaluate conformity.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Safety
8. Relevant documents:   Official Journal ( Diario Oficial de la Federación ) of
12 November 1999
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined
10. Final date for comments:   11 January 2000
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:           