Mexico: New list of hazardous substances and materials

 

Mexico has notified that the Official Mexican Standard NOM-002-SCT-SEMAR-ARTF/2023, List of hazardous substances and materials (dangerous goods) was definitively published in the Official Gazette of the Federation.

The objective of the NOM is to identify the dangerous goods transported, according to their class, danger division, secondary danger, number assigned by the United Nations Organization, the special provisions to which their transport must be subject, quantitative limits of limited quantities and permitted excepted quantities and corresponding instructions for the use of packagings, large packagings, intermediate bulk containers, large containers and packagings, portable tanks, multi-element gas containers and bulk containers and their special provisions.

The norm is mandatory, within the scope of its responsibilities, for shippers, transporters and recipients of dangerous goods transported by general means of land, air and sea communication.

The full text of the NOM-002-SCT-SEMAR-ARTF/2023 can be found HERE.

To find out more compliance for hazardous substances and materials worldwide, please contact the Product Compliance Institute directly.