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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/MEX/33/Add.2
16 April 2003
(03-2098)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 8 April 2003, has been received from Mexico.
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Explanatory note to the notice of the extens ion of Mexican Official Emergency Standard
NOM-EM-001-SECRE-2002 on Safety Requirements for the Design, Construction, Operation and
Maintenance of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Storage Plants with Systems, Equipment and
Installations for the Reception, Piping, Regasification and Delivery of LNG, published in the Diario
Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 31 January 2003 and notified on 24 February 2003.
In the light of the review of the above Standard and pursuant to Articles 2, 3 and 7 of the
Energy Regulatory Commission Law, Articles 1 and 4 of the Federal Law on AdministrativeProcedure and Article 35 of the Internal Regulations of the Ministry of Energy, the following
clarification is hereby issued:
The part of the second preambular pa ragraph (under "WHEREAS") which reads:
"... 2 February 2002"
should read as follows:
"... 2 February 2003".The part of the operative paragraph (headed "NOTICE OF EXTENSION") which reads:
"... is extended for a further six months as from 3 February 2002..."
should read as follows:
"... is extended for a further six months as from 3 February 2003...".
The text of this Regulation and the notice of extension are available in Spanish in the
Standards Catalogue, which can be found on the Web site www.economia.gob.mx/?P=85 , and from
the National Enquiry Point, the contact details of which are as follows:G/TBT/N/MEX/33/Add.2
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WTO Enquiry Point
General Directorate of Standards (DGN)
Ministry of the Economy
Puente de Tecamachalco #6
Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección FuentesNaucalpan, Edo. de México, C.P.  53950
Tel.: (5255) 5729-9300, ext. 4156
Fax: (5255) 5520-9715
E-mail: cidgn@economia.gob.mx
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