G/TBT/N/MEX/497  
28 June 2021 
(21-5177) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : MEXICO  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural  (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development)  
Av. Municipio Libre No. 377, Col . Santa Cruz Atoyac, Alcaldía Benito Juárez, C.P. 03310, 
Ciudad de México.  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other [X] : Notification 
for transparency purposes  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where appli cable) : Food and 
products described as organic ; Animals, goods of animal origin or foodstuffs for animal 
consumption ; aquatic species, their products and by -products, and biological, chemical, 
pharmaceutical or food products for use or consumption by such species  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Acuerdo que 
modifica al diverso que establece las mercancías cuya importación está sujeta a 
regulación por parte de la Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, así como la em isión 
del certificado de origen para la exportación de café  (Decision amending the decision 
establishing the goods the import of which is subject to regulation by the Ministry of 
Agriculture and Rural Development, and the issuance of the certificate of ori gin for 
exporting coffee) (1 page, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : On 26 December 2 020, the Decision amending the decision 
establishing the goods the import of which is subject to regulation by the Ministry of 
Agriculture and Rural Development, and  the issuance of the certificate of origin for 
exporting coffee, Article 7 of which sets out the requirements to be submitted by 
importers at the point of entry in the country, with regard to goods entering the country 
that are described or labelled as "or ganic", "biological" or "ecological", or with the prefix 
"bio" or "eco", listed in subparagraphs (b) to (f) of Annex I of the Decision, was published 
in the Official Journal.  
In light of the challenges of the pandemic faced at the global level, the need for 
certification and the ongoing equivalence discussions with other countries, it is necessary 
to amend the Fourth Transitional Article of the aforementioned Decision, to maint ain 
exports of organic products from other countries to Mexico, maintain the trade flow and 
strengthen the development of the domestic production sector, and to facilitate and 
sustain trade in organic agricultural products of countries in the process of ne gotiating G/TBT/N/MEX/497  
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  equivalence agreements with the Mexican Government, to support those involved in the 
organic product chain.  
Consequently, the Fourth Transitional Article of the Decision establishing the goods the 
import of which is subject to regulation by the M inistry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development, and the issuance of the certificate of origin for exporting coffee, published 
in the Official Journal on 2 6 December 2 020, has been amended and reads as follows:  
"FOURTH. - The provisions of Article 7 shall ente r into force as from 1 January 2 022."  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:  
Acuerdo que establece las mercancías cuya importación está sujeta a regulación por parte 
de la Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, así como la emisión del certificado de 
origen para la exportación de café , Official Journal, 2 6 December 2 020. 
https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5608829&fecha=26/12/2020  
G/SPS/N/MEX/230/Add.3  y G/SPS/N/MEX/230/Add.4  
9. Proposed date of adoption 17 June 2 021 
Proposed date of entry into force : 17 June 2 021 
10. Final date for comments : Not applicable  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Subsecretaría de Industria, Comercio y Competitividad  (Under -Secretariat of Industry, 
Trade and Competitiveness)  
Dirección General de Normas (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Contact person:  César Osvaldo Orozco Arce  
Pachuca 189, Colonia Condesa,  
Demarcación territorial Cuauhtémoc,  
Ciudad de México, 06140  
C.P. 53950  
(+52 55) 5729 91 00 ; Ext. 13247 ; Ext. 13264  
cesar.orozco@economia.gob.mx ; tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx  
https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5621410&fecha=16/06/2021  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/MEX/21_4330_00_s.pdf