G/SPS/N/MEX/444  
10 April 2024 
(24-3013) 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: 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): Fava bean ( Vicia faba  L.) seed for sowing  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries: Canada  
5. Title of the notified document: Propuesta de requisitos fitosanitarios para la 
importación a México de semilla de haba (Vicia faba L.) para uso simiente, originaria y 
procedente de Canadá  (Draft phytosanitary requirements governing the import ation into 
Mexico of fava bean ( Vicia faba  L.) seed for sowing , origin ating in and coming from 
Canada) Language(s):  Spanish Number of pages:  2 
https://www.gob.mx/senasica/documentos/consulta -publica -de-requisitos -fitosanitarios  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/MEX/24_02543_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: The notified phytosanitary requirements governing the 
import ation of fava bean ( Vicia faba  L.) seed for sowing , originating in and coming from 
Canada, were determined by SENASICA as a result of a pest risk analysis, pursuant to 
the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measu res. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] 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. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] Internationa l Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.) : 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/MEX/444  
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  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 publi cation, 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) : 9 June 2024  
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:  
National Enquiry Point:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of Economic Affairs)  
Dirección General de Normas  (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Julio Eloy Páez Ramírez  
Director General de Normas  (Director -General of Standards)  
Pachuca 189, Colonia Condesa, Cuauhtémoc, 06140 Ciudad de México  
Tel.: (+52 55) 5729 9100 (Ext. 13202)  
Email: julio.paez@economia.gob.mx  
Authority responsible for the measure:  
Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural /Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y 
Calidad Agroalimentaria  (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development /National Agri -
Food Heal th, Safety and Quality Service)  
Please note that any comments on the notified measure must be supported by scientific 
evidence and sent by email to:  importaciones.dgsv@senasica.gob.mx  
Cc: Rene Hernández Ruíz - rene.hernandez@senasica.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:  
National Enquiry Point:  
Secretaría de Economía  
Dirección General de Normas  
Julio Eloy Páez Ramírez  
Director General de Normas  
Pachuca 189, Colonia Condesa, Cuauhtémoc, 06140 Ciudad de México  
CDMX 06140  
Tel.: (+52 55) 5729 9100 (Ext. 13202)  
Email: julio.paez@economia.gob.mx  
Authority responsible for the measure:  
Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rura l 
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad , Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria  
Email: importaciones.dgsv@senasica.gob.mx  
Cc: rene.hernandez@senasica.gob.mx