WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.213
23April 1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-1655)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: MEXICO
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofTrade andIndustrial Development
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification shall be
indicated ifdifferent 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 (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Vehicles
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican
Official Standard NOM-131-SCFI-1998, Determination, Allocation andFixing of
Vehicle Identification Numbers -Specifications (7pages, inSpanish)
6. Description ofcontent: ThisMexican Official Standard hasthepurpose ofadopting the
international provisions andmechanisms onvehicle identification with theaimof
establishing avehicle identification number thatshows theidentity ofthevehicle. This
willhelptoresolve problems related tothelackofvehicle controls, suchasunlawful
imports andtheft, andwillprovide security forcommercial transactions. Inthisway,
thedraft technical Regulation willgiveindividuals andthepublic sector ameans of
identifying withcertainty thevehicle thatisthesubject ofatransaction. This draft
Mexican Official Standard laysdown thespecifications fordetermining, allocating and
fixing thevehicle identification number onthevehicles described inparagraph 2.17and
iscompulsory forthemanufacturers andassemblers ofvehicles. Thisdraft Mexican
Official Standard isnotapplicable tovehicles regarded astoys.
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable:
Consumer safety andprotection.
8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial delaFederación (Official Journal) of8April 1998
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Notapplicable
10. Final dateforcomments: 7June1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
ofother body: