. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/MEX/59
16 April 2003
(03-2097)
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):  Non-portable liquefied
petroleum gas (LPG) containers subject to pressure and intended for use in LPG transport
vehicles
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Mexican
Official Standard PROY-NOM-012/5-SEDG-2001 , Non-Portable Liquefied Petroleum Gas
(LPG) Containers Subject to Pressure , Not Exposed to Heating by Artificial Means and
Intended for Use in LPG Transport Vehicles.  Manufacture   (10 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   This draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the minimum
specifications and test methods for the manufacture of n on-portable liquefied petroleum
gas (LPG) containers subject to pressure,  not exposed to heating by artificial means,
permanently installed on road tankers, trailers and semi-trailers for the transport of LPGand with a maximum nominal capacity of 55,000 litres of water (type D), as well as thecorresponding conformity assessment procedure. It also provides for the contents andcharacteristics of the labelling that must be displayed in a prominent position on suchcontainers for marketing purposes.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Update the existing Mexican Official Standard and establish minimum technical
safety specifications and test methods to ensure that non-portable liquefied petroleum gas
(LPG) containers  intended for use in LPG transport vehicles do not constitute a risk to
human safety or health or to the environment.
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of 4 April 2003.G/TBT/N/MEX/59
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9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }60 days after publication in the Official
Journal. Mexican Official Standard NOM-
012/5-SCFI-1993 will be withdrawn upon theentry into force of this Standard.
10. Final date for comments:   3 June 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