G/SPS/N/MEX/270/Add.1  
19 October  2021 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 1 1 October 2 021, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Mexico . 
 
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Agreement establishing criteria for determining maximum residue and contaminant limits, criteria 
governing the use of analytical methods, the national programme for the control and monitoring 
of toxic residues in goods of animal origin and aquaculture and fishery resources, the programme 
for the monitoring of toxic residue s in animals, the national programme for the monitoring of 
pesticide residues in plants, and the consultation module, all of which are regulated by the Ministry 
of Agriculture and Rural Development  
Preliminary draft amending the Agreement establishing criteria for determining maximum residue 
and contaminant limits, criteria governing the use of analytical methods, the national programme 
for the control and monitoring of toxic residues in goods of animal origin and aquaculture and 
fishery re sources, the programme for the monitoring of toxic residues in animals, the national 
programme for the monitoring of pesticide residues in plants, and the consultation module, all of 
which are regulated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development  
The purpose of this preliminary draft is to formally establish and develop the national programme 
for the monitoring of pesticide residues in plants, which is provided for in Article 42 bis of the 
Federal Law on Plant Health published in the Official Journ al on 5 January 1 994. The purpose of 
this Agreement is to establish within the United Mexican States  the following : 
− The maximum permissible limits for toxic residues and contaminants in goods of animal origin 
and aquaculture and fishery resources for human  and animal consumption;  
− Criteria for the use, application and interpretation of analytical results and methods for 
identifying and/or quantifying toxic residues, contaminants and pesticide residues;  
− The national programme for the control and monitoring of  toxic residues in goods of animal 
origin and aquaculture and fishery resources;  
− The programme for the monitoring of toxic residues in animals ; and 
− The national programme for the monitoring of pesticide residues in plants.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/MEX/21_6499_00_s.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication, or entry into force of regulation  
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  G/SPS/N/MEX/270/Add.1  
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  [ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other: 
Comment period : (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days . Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of the originally announced final date for 
comments, the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): 18 Decembe r 2021 
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 Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Unidad de Normatividad, Competitividad y Competencia  (Unit for Standardization, 
Competitiveness and Competition)  
Email:  César Osvaldo Orozco Arce, cesar.orozco@economia.gob.mx  
 Tania Daniela Fosado Soriano, tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx  
 
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria , SENASICA (National Agrifood 
Health, Safety and Quality Service)  
Email : René Hernández Ruíz, rene.hernandez@senasica.gob.mx  
Text(s) available from : [ ] Nationa l Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . 
Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  
Unidad de Normatividad, Competitividad y Competencia  
Email:  César Osvaldo Orozco Arce, cesar.orozco@economia.g ob.mx  
 Tania Daniela Fosado Soriano, tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx  
 
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