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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/MEX/185
3 June 2002
(02-3040)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  MEXICO
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries
and Food (SAGARPA)
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Import of fresh fruit and vegetables
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
United States
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Amendment to Mexican
Official Standard NOM-008-FITO-1995 Establishing the Phytosanitary Requirements andSpecifications for the Import of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables (2 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development,
Fisheries and Food has the authority to prevent the introduction, establishment and spread
of pests which affect plants and plant products and by-products, as well as the causal agents
of phytosanitary problems.  It also has the authority to propose amendments to or cancel
Mexican Official Standards when the scientific assumptions regarding pests have changed.
Technical studies and analyses and source verification of the phytosanitary status of
fresh apples from Washington, Oregon and Idaho in the United States were conducted and
established that there are adequate phytosanitary measures to mitigate the potential
phytosanitary risk associated with the import of this product.
On the strength of the above, the following document has been issued:
AMENDMENT TO MEXICAN OFFICIAL STANDARD NOM-008-FITO-1995
ESTABLISHING THE PHYTOSANITARY REQUIREMENTS
AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE IMPORT OF
FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
Requirement F043 of paragraph 4.3 has been amended to read as follows:G/SPS/N/MEX/185
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F043 APPLES USA THE INTERNATIONAL
PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE
SHALL BE ISSUED IN THE PLACE OF
PACKAGING AND MUST INCLUDE ANADDITIONAL DECLARATION  THAT
"THE APPLES IN THIS SHIPMENT
WERE PROCESSED AND INSPECTED
ACCORDING TO THE PROCEDURES
ESTABLISHED BY THE WORK PLANAGREED BETWEEN SAGARPA AND
USDA AND WERE FOUND TO BE
FREE OF QUARANTINE PESTS".
SOURCE VERIFICATION IS REQUIRED
(EXCEPT FOR APPLES FROM THESTATES OF WASHINGTON, OREGON
AND IDAHO).TIJUANA, B.C.,
CD.REYNOSA,
TAMPS.,
MANZANILLO, COL.,
CD.JUAREZ, CHIH.,AND NOGALES, SON.
7. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  X ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:
[    ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [    ] Office International des Epizooties,
[    ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: Official Journal
(Diario Oficial de la Federación ) of 16 May 2002  (in Spanish).
10. Proposed date of adoption:  The day after publication
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  The day after publication
12. Final date for comments:  Not applicable
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:           
13. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Web site:  http://www.economia.gob.mx/normas   (Standards Catalogue)