G/SPS/N/MEX/388  
18 November  2020 
(20-8266) 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 : Secretar ía de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural  (Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural Development) ; Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad 
Agroalimentaria  (National Agri -Food Health, Safety and Quality Service)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedul es deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Terrestrial animals  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Acuerdo mediante el cual se dan a conocer las medidas 
aplicables en materia de epidemiología y de vigilancia epidemiológica en animales 
terrestres y el uso de la información del Sistema Nacional de Vigilancia Epidemiológica en 
los Estados Unidos Mexicanos  (Agreement setting out epidemiological and epidemiological 
surveillance measures for terrestrial animals and provisions on the use of information 
from the national epidemiological surveillance system in the Un ited Mexican States) 
Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 14 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/MEX/20_7015_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : Pursuant to Article 7 (Transparency) of the WTO Agreement on 
the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Mexico hereby notifies the draft 
text entitled " Agreement setting out epidemiological and epidemiological surveillance 
measures for terrest rial animals and provisions on the use of information from the 
national epidemiological surveillance system in the United Mexican States ". 
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] 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 re levant international standard?  G/SPS/N/MEX/388  
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  [ ] 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) : 17 January 2 021 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enqui ry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if available) of other body:  
Secretar ía de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural  (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development) ; Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria  
(National Agri -Food Health, Safety and Quality Service)  
 
We wish to highlight to those interested that comments on these requirements must be 
supported with technical and/or scientific evidence and sent by email to: 
gestion.dgsa@senasica.gob.mx , Cc: 
Rene Hernández - rene.hernandez@senasica.gob.mx  
César Osvaldo Orozco Arce - cesar.orozco@economia.gob.m x 
Tania Daniela Fosado Soriano - tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Rene Hernández - rene.hernandez@senasica.gob.mx  
César Osvaldo Orozco Arce - cesar.orozco@economia.gob.mx  
Tania Daniela Fosad o Soriano - tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx