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|                                                 | /N/MEX/204/Add.1** |
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| **Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary       | Original: Spanish  |
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NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES

Addendum

The following communication, received on 8 June 2004, is being
circulated at the request of the delegation of [Mexico]{.underline}.

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[Notice of extension of Emergency Mexican Official Standard
NOM-EM-144-SEMARNAT-2003 Establishing the Technical Specifications for
the Phytosanitary Measure (Treatment) and Use of the Mark Accrediting
the Application Thereof in Relation to Wood Packaging Material in
International Trade]{.underline}

In view of the need to protect natural resources and plant health and
taking into account the continued validity of the reasons for the issue
of Emergency Mexican Official Standard NOM-EM-144-SEMARNAT-2003
\"Establishing the Technical Specifications for the Phytosanitary
Measure (Treatment) and Use of the Mark Accrediting the Application
Thereof in Relation to Wood Packaging Material in International Trade\",
published in the *Diario Oficial de la Federación* (Official Journal) on
26 November 2003 and circulated to Members of the Committee on Sanitary
and Phytosanitary Measures of the World Trade Organization as a
notification with the symbol G/TBT/N/MEX/204 and dated 10 December 2003,
the Mexican Government, through the Ministry of the Environment and
Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), deems it necessary, pursuant to Article 48
of the Federal Law on Metrology and Standardization, to extend its
period of validity for a further six months.

To this end, the Mexican Government published the respective notice of
extension in the Official Journal on 25 May 2004. The above-mentioned
emergency standard will therefore remain in effect until 25 November
2004.

The texts of this Regulation and the notice of extension are available
in Spanish in the Standards Catalogue, which can be found on the Web
site [www.economia.gob.mx/?P=85](http://www.economia.gob.mx/?P=85), and
from the National Enquiry Point, the contact details of which are as
follows:

> WTO Enquiry Point
>
> General Directorate of Standards (DGN)
>
> Ministry of the Economy
>
> Puente de Tecamachalco #6
>
> Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes
>
> Naucalpan, Edo. de México, C.P. 53950

Tel.: (5255) 5729-9300, ext. 4156

> Fax: (5255) 5520-9715
>
> E-mail: <cidgn@economia.gob.mx>

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