RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.41
6March 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-0807)
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 ofTransport andCommunications
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): Transport units
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican Official Standard
NOM-040-SCT-2-1995 fortheTransport ofNon-Divisible Objects ofGreat Weight
and/or Volume, theWeight andDimensions ofCombinations ofVehicles andIndustrial
Cranes andTheir Conveyance onRoads andBridges Under Federal Jurisdiction
6. Description ofcontent: ThisdraftStandard establishes thespecifications fortheweight
anddimensions ofcranes andthegeneral requirements andspecifications forthe
transport ofnon-divisible objects withaloadcapacity ofupto90tandinexcess of90t,
andtheweight ofspecial vehicles, special combinations, combinations ofvehicles and
industrial cranes forconveyance onroads andbridges under Federal Jurisdiction.
7. Objective andrationale: Safety
8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial delaFederación (Official Journal) of
8February 1996
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Thedayfollowing finalpublication in
theDiario Oficial delaFederación.
10. Final dateforcomments: 8May1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: