. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/MEX/55
16 April 2003
(03-2099)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated 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:   Ministry of Energy
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and 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:   General
Directorate of Standard s/Ministry of the Economy (DGN/SE) Enquiry 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):  Non-portable liquefied
petroleum gas (LPG) containers subject to pressure
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Mexican
Official Standard PROY-NOM-012/1-SEDG-2001 , Non-Portable Liquefied Petroleum Gas
(LPG) Containers Subject to Pressure  and Not Exposed to Heating by Artificial Means.
General Design and Manufacturing Requirements  (22 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   This draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the g eneral
design and manufacturing requirements for n on-portable liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
containers subject to pressure,  not exposed to heating by artificial means and intended for
use in storage facilities, LPG filling stations and end-user LPG installations, as fuel tanksfor internal combustion engines and in the transport of LPG by road tankers, trailers andsemi-trailers, as well as the corresponding conformity assessment procedure.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Update the existing Mexican Official Standard and take the necessary measures to ensure
that non-portable liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) containers do not constitute a risk to human
safety or health or to the environment .
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 1 April 2003.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }60 days after publication in the Official
Journal.Mexican Official Standard NOM-012/1-SCFI-
1993 will be withdrawn upon the entry intoforce of this Standard.G/TBT/N/MEX/55
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10. Final date for comments:   31 May 2003
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of other body:
Web site:  www.economia.gob.mx/?P=85 (Standards catalogue).
E-mail: cidgn@economia.gob.mx