WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/MEX/14
21 February 2002
(02-0876)
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 Communications and Transportation
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:   Contact Point
DGN/SE
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):   Road tankers
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Mexican
Official Standard PROY-NOM-057-SCT2-2001, General Requirements for the Design and
Construction of Road Tankers Used to Transport Compressed Gases, Specification SCT 331
(24 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   This Mexican Official Standard establishes the general
requirements governing the design, construction, and reconstruction of road tankers used totransport compressed gases, specification SCT 331, including the basic performance tests
that will be applied to new and used road tankers to verify that they are in compliance with
the specification.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Safety
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal), 11 January 2002
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined
10. Final date for comments:   11 March 2002
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: http//www.economia-normas.gob.mx (Catalogue of Standards).