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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/MEX/46
4 February 2003
(03-0715)
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:   General
Directorate of Standards/Ministry of Energy (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):   Radioactive materials
and packaging
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Mexican
Official Standard PROY-NOM-038-NUCL-2001, "C lassification of Radioactive Materials
and Packaging for Transport Purposes" (6 pages, in Spanish)
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this Draft Mexican Official Standard (NOM) is to
classify radioactive materials and packaging, for transport purposes, on the basis of their
origin and inherent activity, with a view to selecting the right packaging for transportpurposes, so that the containment system is appropriate to the material transported,
preventing leaks, dispersion, spillage and radiation levels capable of causing injury to
persons, personal property and the environment.
This Draft Mexican Official Standard is applicable to all radioactive materials and
packages containing them intended for transport in the national territory.
This Mexican Official Standard partially conforms to the recommendations of the
International Atomic Energy Agency set out in Safety Standards Series ST-1, "Regulationsfor the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material".
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The primary purpose of this Draft Mexican Official Standard is to protect the safety
of individuals, the environment as a whole and communication routes in general.  Its
secondary objective is to establish a classification for radioactive materials based on their
origin and inherent activity, inasmuch as the classification will be used to determine the
package or packing in which they can be transported safely.G/TBT/N/MEX/46
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8. Relevant documents:   Diario Official de la Federación (Offical Journal),
30 December 2002
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }60 days after publication as a final MexicanOfficial Standard in the Official Journal
10. Final date for comments:   28 February 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 (Catalogue of standards)
E-mail:  cidgn@economia.gob.mx