. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/MEX/61
16 May 2003
(03-2651)
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, 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:   National Enquiry
Point (contact point of the Directorate General of Standards of the Ministry of the
Economy).
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, otherwis e national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Natural gas
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Mexican
Official Standard PROY-NOM-001-SECRE-2003  "Characteristics and specifications for
natural gas" (11 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   This draft Mexican Official Standard (NOM) establishes the
characteristics and specifications for natural gas to be injected in transport systems, storage
and distribution, in order to obtain a clean fuel that does not damage the installations or the
environment.
This Standard applies to natural gas to be injected in processing plants, import entry
points or liquified natural gas plants, in systems for transport, storage and distribution of
natural gas, on the understanding that the gas received is of the same quality as that supplied
by the producer or importer.  It does not include natural gas flowing directly from
production sources to processing plants or natural gas pumped from tankers to liquifiednatural gas plants.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:   
The objective of this draft is to establish the characteristics and specifications for
natural gas in order to obtain clean fuel that does not damage installations or the
environment.
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 29 April 2003
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not applicableG/TBT/N/MEX/61
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10. Final date for comments:   28 June 2003
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Web: www.economia.gob.mx/?P=85 (Standards catalogue).
E-mail: cidgn@economia.gob.mx