G/TBT/N/MEX/521  
14 June 2023 
(23-4058) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : MEXICO  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural  (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification  shall be indicated if different from above:  
Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural  (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development)  
Av. Guillermo Pérez Valenzuela, núm. 127, Segundo Piso, Colonia Del Carmen, Alcaldía 
Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, 04100 , or email: marco.caballero@agricultura.gob.mx  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : 
Characteristics and specifications to be met by quality certification labelling for seeds for 
sowing.  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of t he notified document : Proyecto de 
Modificación de la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -002-SAG/FITO -2015, Por la que se 
establecen las características y especificaciones que deben reunir las etiquetas de 
certificación de la calidad de las semillas para siembra  (Draft amendment to Mexican 
Official Standard NOM -002-SAG/FITO -2015 establishing the characteristics of, and 
specifications for, quality certification labelling for seeds for sowing) (4 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The aim of this draft ame ndment to the Mexican Official 
Standard mentioned is to establish the characteristics of, and specifications for, quality 
certification labelling for seeds for sowing . Such labelling will certify that the seeds, 
including any propagation material, have bee n produced in Mexico in accordance with the 
methods, criteria and quality specifications established in the rules governing the 
qualification of seeds for each species or crop . This draft amendment does not apply to 
imported seeds and declared seed.  
It is binding throughout national territory and applies to the National Seed Inspection and 
Certification Service (SNICS) and to certification bodies  that are duly accredited , under  
the applicable legislation, for seed qualification in Mexico.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Food safety ; protection of human health and safety.  G/TBT/N/MEX/521  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
The notified draft amendment to the Mexican Official Standard mentioned is not 
equivalent (NEQ) to any international standard, because no reference existed at the time 
of its drafting.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be d etermined  
10. Final date for comments : Sixty days from notification ; Comments may be sent to: 
marco.caballero@agricultura.gob.mx  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, te lephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Dirección General de Normas  (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Contact person : Diógenes Hernández Chávez  
Pachuca 189, Colonia Condesa,  
Demarcación territorial Cuauhtémoc,  
Ciudad de México, 06140  
Tel.: (+52 55) 5729 91 00, Ext. 13247 or 13264  
Email: diogenes.hernandez@economia.gob.mx  
https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5691814&fecha=12/06/2023#gsc.ta
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