WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.496
24September 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3954)
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 ofCommunications andTransport
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
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): Tank containers
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican
Official Standard NOM-046-SCT2-1997, Construction andReconstruction Characteristics
andSpecifications forTank Containers Intended forUseintheMultimodel Transport of
Unrefrigerated Pressurized Liquefied Gases (15pages, Spanish)
6. Description ofcontent: ThisStandard willestablish theconstruction andreconstruction
characteristics andspecifications forcontainers intended foruseinthemultimodel
transport ofunrefrigerated pressurized liquified gases, aswellasfortheir approval,
certification andmarking, andtheprovisions relating totheirtransport, withtheaimof
protecting general communication routes andthesafety oftheirusers. TheStandard will
bemandatory formanufacturers ofsuch tank containers, forthose responsible for
workshops authorized torebuild them, andforcarriers involved inhandling them.
7. Objective andrationale: Safety
8. Relevant documents: Official Journal oftheFederation, 18August 1997
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 18November 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: