G/SPS/N/MEX/411  
21 November  2022 
(22-8672) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : MEXICO  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural/Servicio Nacional de 
Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria  (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development/National Agri -Food Health, Safety and Quality Service)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provi ded in addition, 
where applicable) : Asparagus ( Asparagus officinalis ) seeds  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : France  
5. Title of the notified document : Requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de semilla 
de espárrago (Asparagus officinalis) originaria y procedente de Francia  (Phytosanitary 
requirements governing the importation of asparagus ( Asparagus officinalis ) seeds 
originating  in and coming from France) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/MEX/22_7952_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of con tent: The notified document, in accordance with the Agreement on 
the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Mexico, states that the Ministry 
of Agriculture and Rural Development and the National Agri -Food Health, Safety and 
Quality Service hav e established phytosanitary requirements governing the importation 
of asparagus ( Asparagus officinalis ) seeds originating in and coming from France.  
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM No.) : 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No G/SPS/N/MEX/411  
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  If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 20 January 2 023 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enqui ry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if available) of other body:  
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development/National Agri -Food Health, Safety and 
Quality Service  
Please note that any comments on these requirements must be supported by techn ical 
and/or scientific evidence and sent by email to: importaciones.dgsv@senasica.gob.mx , 
Cc: 
Rene Hernández - rene.hernandez@senasica.gob.mx  
Tania Daniela Fosado Soriano - tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development/National Agri -Food Health, Safety and 
Quality Service  
Please note that any comments on the se requirements must be supported by technical 
and/or scientific evidence and sent by email to: importaciones.dgsv@senasica.gob.mx , 
Cc: 
Rene Hernández - rene.hernandez@senasica.gob.mx  
Tania Daniela Fosado Soriano - tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx