. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/MEX/48
14 March 2003
(03-1497)
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 Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries
and Food (SAGARPA)
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):  Chemical,
pharmaceutical, biological and food products for animal use
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Amendment to
Mexican Official Standard NOM-012-ZOO-1993, Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Biologicaland Food Products for Animal Use or Consumption  (8 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:  The  definitive version of the  Mexican Official Standard to which
this amendment refers was published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official
Journal) on 17 January 1997 and became mandatory throughout the national territory the
following day. Its main objective is to establish production and quality control
specifications for chemical, pharmaceutical, biological and food products for animal use or
consumption in order to protect animal health by preventing risks thereto. This  Mexican
Official Standard applies to all establishments engaged in the production, importation,
packaging and storage for distribution and marketing purposes of chemical, pharmaceutical,biological and food products for animal use or consumption which constitute an animal
health risk.
The purpose of this draft amendment is to introduce new rules on definitions,
conformity assessment and labelling.
Given the nature of its content, this draft amendment has been notified concurrently
to the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.G/TBT/N/MEX/48
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Strengthen animal health, promote food safety and disease control and treatment to
protect human safety, establish quality control in relation to the production, marketing and
application of the above-mentioned products and ensure that the commercial informationprovided on the label for the consumer guarantees the proper use and management thereof.
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of
17 February 2003.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not applicable
10. Final date for comments:   18 April 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