. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/MEX/34
12 September 2002
(02-4831)
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 Communications and Transport
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 Standards/Ministry of Energy (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):  Construction and
reconstruction specifications and test methods for containers and packaging used to
transport hazardous substances, materials and wastes.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Mexican
Official Standard PROY-NOM-024-SCT2/2002 on Construction and ReconstructionSpecifications and Test Methods for Containers and Packaging Used to Transport
Hazardous Substances, Materials and Wastes  (25 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   This Mexican Official Standard establishes the general provisions
and specifications for the construction, reconstruction and reconditioning of containers and
packaging used to transport hazardous substances, materials and wastes and the test
methods to which they are subject.
Within its ambit, this Standard is mandatory for shippers, carriers, manufacturers of
containers and packaging and persons engaged in the construction, reconstruction and
reconditioning of containers and packaging used to transport hazardous substances,materials and wastes on land communication routes.  This Standard does not apply to
containers and packaging used to transport Class 7 (radioactive) materials.
This Standard is equivalent to Chapter 6 of the United Nations Recommendations on the
Transport of Dangerous Goods, Model Regulations (the "Orange Book"), Eleventh revised
edition, United Nations, New York and Geneva, 1999.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Safety and quality of containers and packaging used to transport hazardous
substances, materials and wastes.G/TBT/N/MEX/34
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8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of
21 August 2002.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined
10. Final date for comments:   19 November 2002
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).