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Draft Official Mexican Standard PROY-NOM-023-ASEA-2025, Service Stations with the Specific Purpose of Public Sale of gasoline and/or diesel for Motor Vehicles (cancels NOM-005-ASEA-2016, Design, construction, operation and Maintenance of Service Stations for storage and sale of diesel and gasoline).

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Proyecto de Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-023-ASEA-2025, Estaciones de Servicio con fin Específico para Expendio al Público de gasolinas y/o diésel para Vehículos Automotores (cancela a la NOM-005-ASEA-2016, Diseño, construcción, operación y Mantenimiento de Estaciones de Servicio para almacenamiento y expendio de diésel y gasolinas).

Mexico notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 7 January 2026. The comment period closed on 8 March 2026.

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It applies throughout the national territory and zones where the Nation exercises its sovereignty and jurisdiction and is of general and mandatory observance for all Regulated entities that carry out the stages of Design, Construction, Operation and Maintenance, as well as the Pre-startup Safety Review of

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Aplica en todo el territorio nacional y zonas donde la Nación ejerza su soberanía y jurisdicción y es de observancia general y obligatoria para todos los Regulados que lleven a cabo las etapas de Diseño, Construcción, Operación y Mantenimiento, así como la Revisión de Seguridad de Pre-arranque de Es

Notifying member
Mexico
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 7 January 2026. Check WTO ePing or Mexico for its current status.
Objectives
  • Protection of human health or safety
  • Protection of the environment
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/MEX/552

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 8 March 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
To be determined

How to comment

The comment period closed on 8 March 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/MEX/552; it can take them up with Mexico.

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What the notification says

The notified draft Official Mexican Standard establishes the technical specifications and requirements regarding industrial safety, operational safety and environmental protection, which must be applied during the design, construction, operation and maintenance stages, as well as the pre-lease security review of service stations for the purpose of selling gasoline and/or diesel for motor vehicles, which shall apply throughout the national territory and areas where the Nation exercises its sovereignty and jurisdiction, shall be generally enforced and shall be mandatory for all Regulated Persons undertaking the design, construction, operation and maintenance stages, as well as the pre-lease security review of service stations for the purpose of selling gasoline and/or diesel for motor vehicles.The draft text addresses the following aspects:(a) Requirements for the design and construction stages by discipline: civil, mechanical and electrical engineering and safety systems.(b) Update of the manufacturing materials for double-walled storage tanks.(c) Preparation of a project manual, containing plans and technical specifications with regard to civil, mechanical and electrical engineering and safety systems.(d) Risk scenarios and interactions to be evaluated as part of the risk analysis for the hydrocarbons sector.(e) Requirements for preparing a mechanical integrity report for each storage tank and for the pipelines.(f) Requirements for undertaking the pre-lease security…

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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