. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/MEX/85
22 October 2003
(03-5583)
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):  Systems, equipment,
parts and components used in Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) installations
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Mexican
Official Standard PROY-NOM-004-SEDG-2003, Design and Construction of Liquefied
Petroleum Gas (LPG) Installations  (24 pages, in Spanish)
6. Description of content:   This draft Mexican Official Standard (NOM) establishes the
minimum technical safety specifications for the design, construction and modification of
fixed and permanent Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) installations and the systems,
equipment, parts and components thereof, as well as the related conformity assessment
procedure.
Installations which receive LPG from a distribution network are covered by this
Standard from the user's meter.
It should be noted that this draft Standard was preceded by Mexican Official
Emergency Standard NOM-EM-004-SEDG-2002, which was notified to Members of the
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  in documents G/TBT/N/MEX/27 and
G/TBT/N/MEX/27/Add.1 of August 2002 and February 2003, respectively.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Establish the minimum technical safety specifications for the design, construction
and modification of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) installations and the systems,
equipment, parts and components thereof in order to protect human safety and the
environment.
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of
15 October 2003.G/TBT/N/MEX/85
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9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not applicable
10. Final date for comments:   13 December 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