G/SPS/N/MEX/433  
8 November  2023 
(23-7553) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : MEXICO  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad 
Agroalimentaria , SENASICA (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 provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Various Epiphyas postvittana  host products, as listed in the anne x. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : United States of America  
5. Title of the notified document : Modificación de los requisitos fitosanitarios para la 
importación de diversos productos, hospederos de Epiphyas postvittana, originarios y 
procedentes de Estados Unidos de América, debido a su reclasificación de condición 
fitosanitaria en ese país como plaga no cuarentenaria  (Amendment to the phytosanitary 
requirements for the importation of various Epiphyas postvittana  host products 
originating in and coming from the United States of America, owing to the reclassification 
of their phytosanitary status in that country as a non -quarantine  pest) Language(s) : 
Spanish Number of pages : 5 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/MEX/23_13359_00_s.pdf  
6. Desc ription of content : The notified amendment sets out  the phytosanitary measures 
established  by the Directorate -General of Plant Health (DGSV), which is responsible for 
plant protection, to mitigate the risk of the introduction and spread of regulated pests of 
plants and plant products and by -products.  
Legal basis  
− Articles 2 , 3 and 6; Article 7, paragraphs XIII, XVIII, XIX and XXII ; Article 8; and 
Article 19, paragraphs I (e) and IV, of the Federal Law on Plant Health;  
− Articles 1 and 54 -56 of the Regulations implementing the Federal Law on Plant Health, 
and Article 1 ; Article 14, paragraph III ; and Article 15, paragraphs I, X, XV and XIX, 
of the SENASICA Internal Regulations ; 
− Articles 1 -4 and 7 of the Decision establishing the module of phyt osanitary 
requirements for the importation of goods regulated by the Ministry of Agriculture, 
Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SADER), in relation to plant 
health;  
− Articles 1, 5, 6 and 16 of the Decision announcing the general criteria app lied by 
Mexico in establishing and amending animal, plant, aquatic and fisheries health and 
safety requirements for the importation of goods regulated by SADER through 
SENASICA, and establishing mandatory phytosanitary measures for the importation 
of plant s and plant products and by -products.  
Grounds  G/SPS/N/MEX/433  
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  Owing to the reclassification of the phytosanitary status of the light brown apple moth 
(Epiphyas postvittana ) as a non -quarantine pest in the United States of America by the 
country's national plant protection  organization (NPPO), the DGSV conducted  negotiations 
on the applicable phytosanitary measures and, as a result, both NPPOs agreed to amend 
the established phytosanitary requirements for the importation into Mexico of the host 
products listed in Annex 1 fr om the United States.  
It was decided to:  
Amend the section regulating E. postvittana  of the phytosanitary requirements for the 
importation into Mexico of host products of the pest , as indicated in Annex 1,  originating 
in and coming from the United States, as follows:  
− The phytosanitary certificate issued by the plant health authority of the United States 
must indicate the following in the additional declaration section:  
"The product was inspected and found to be free of any biological stage of Epiphyas 
postv ittana ." 
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] 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 rel evant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No 
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) : 7 January 2 024 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if available) of other body:  
Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural  (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development) ; Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria  
Please note that any comments on these requirements must be supported by technical 
and/or scientific evidence and sent by email to:  
importaciones.dgsv@senasica.gob.mx , Cc: 
Rene Hernández Ruíz - rene.hernandez@senasica.gob.mx  
Diógenes Hernández Chávez - diogenes .hernandez@economia.gob.mx  G/SPS/N/MEX/433  
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  13. Text(s) available from : [ ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Dirección General de Normas  (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Dirección de Promoción - Centro de Información  (Directorate for Promotion - Information 
Centre)  
Pachuca 189, Colonia Condesa, Cuauhtémoc, 06140 Ciudad de México  
Tel.: (+52 55) 5729 9300 (Ext. 4156/4135)  
Fax: (+52 5 5) 5520 9715  
Email: diogenes.hernandez@economia.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.economia.gob.mx/?P=855