WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.398
22August 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-3460)
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 ofEnergy
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
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): Storage tanks
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican
Official Standard NOM-001/2-SEDG-1997, Storage Plants forLPGas. Jacket
Thermo-Mechanical Protection System forStorage Tanks. Design andConstruction
(11pages, Spanish)
6. Description ofcontent: Establishes nationwide technical requirements forthedesign and
construction ofthejacket thermo-mechanical protection system forstorage tanks inLPG
storage plants. Thesystem makes thetanks safer byreplacing water spray cooling
systems andcanbeapplied tostorage tanks inoperation, provided therequirements of
theStandard aresatisfied.
7. Objective andrationale: Safety
8. Relevant documents: Official Journal (Diario Official delaFederación) of25July1997
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 25October 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: