G/SPS/GEN/1737  
17 October  2019 
(19-6786) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
CHANGE TO FORMAT FOR ANIMAL HEALTH EXPORT CERTIFICATES  
COMMUNICATION FROM MEXICO  
The following communication, dated 9 October  2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Mexico . 
 
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1.  Pursuant to Article 7 ("Transparency") of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures on the subject of notifying Members of the changes to sanitary and 
phytosanitary measures, and for compliance pu rposes, we hereby notify the different changes to the 
animal health export certificate (CZE), which will enter into force on 1 November  2019. 
2.  The bodies responsible for ensuring compliance in Mexico  are the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development (SADER) and the National Agriculture and Food Health, Safety and Quality Service 
(SENASICA).  
3.  The products covered are  live animals ; products and by -products of animal origin ; and chemical, 
pharmaceutic al, biological and food products for animal use or consumption.  
4.  The regions or countries likely to be affected are all trading partners.  
5.  Please be advised that the current name of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development 
(SADER) has been reflected  in the documentation produced by this authority . However, in the case 
of animal health export certificates (CZE), this change will be implemented as from 
1 November  2019. 
6.  It should be noted that since the staff issuing these certificates may be directly a ttached to SADER 
or SENASICA, a decentralized body of SADER, the documents will bear the corresponding stamp 
(Annexes 1(a) and 1(b)).  
7.  SENASICA is also in the process of transitioning to the full implementation of the Mexican Digital 
Window for Foreign Trad e (VDMCE) . Through this digital window, CZEs are issued for live animals, 
their products and by -products, and chemical, pharmaceutical, biological and food products for 
animal use or consumption in a format consistent with international standards so that e xporters may 
submit, at the checkpoint of entry to different countries, both CZE formats generated through the 
VDMCE (updated version attached  for reference ; Annexes 2(a), 2(b) and 2(c)) and the SINARCERT 
WEB system (Annexes 3(a), 3(b) and 3(c)).  
8.  It is imp ortant to note that the VDMCE provides for  the measures described below, which e nsures  
greater certitude during the certification process:  
− Electronic signatures : Both exporters upon submitting their application and staff upon 
issuing CZEs affix their elect ronic signatures.  G/SPS/GEN/1737  
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  9.  Two-dimensional code containing the following information:  
(a) Folio number  
(b) Date of issuance  
(c) the exporter's Federal Register of Taxpayers (RFC)  
(d) Business name or name of exporter  
(e) Customs  
(f) Destination country  
(g) Procedure for the good  
(h) Type of certificate  
(i) Combination  
(j) Total quantity of good s 
(k) Unit of measurement  
(l) Name of the issuing office  
(m) Name of the issuing official veterinarian  
(n) Name, trade name or business name of the establishment of origin  
(o) Name, trade name or business name of the establishment  of destination  
(p) Name, trade name or business name of the establishment  
10.  Language : The certificate template may be printed in Spanish, English and/or French . Where 
more than one language is used, the numbering should be adjusted into consecutive order, indic ating 
the total number of pages included in the printed certificates in the different languages . For example : 
(page number 1 -6, 2-6, 3-6, etc. ). 
11.  It should be noted that, in the event any incident arises in the VDMCE system, exporters may 
submit a different  CZE format issued by another of our systems, SINACERT WEB (Annexes 3(a), 
3(b) and 3(c)), in order to ensure the entry of the good in to each corresponding destination country, 
thus avoiding delays of the good at points of entry.  
12.  In addition, if an interest  is expressed , access codes to the VDMCE system may be provided to 
the importing country's sanitary authorities, so that they may consult the certificates issued by the 
system, enabling them to confirm their authenticity . See examples of CZEs, stamps and s ignatures.  
13.  WTO Members are asked to use this change to the format of animal health export certificates 
in their commercial dealings with Mexico.  
14.  This communication is being submitted for purposes of transparency and in order to provide 
Members with further information on the current regulatory process in Mexico.  
15.  Documents (Annexes) available at : 
https://drive.google.com/open?id=18exeWKH7JQpm7b24z22zWbccUd7r3W6g . 
Any ob servations or comments may be addressed to the contact point in Mexico:  
Dirección General de Normas  (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Calle Pachuca # 189, Col . Hipódromo Condesa  
Del. Cuauhtémoc, CP 06140, Ciudad de México  
Tel.: (+52 55) 5729 9100, Ext. 43244  
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  
 sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
 jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
or 
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria , SENASICA (National Health, Food 
Safety and Agrifood Quality Service)  
Boulevard Adolfo Ruiz Cortinez, No. 5010 
Colonia Insurgentes Cuicuilco  
Delegación Coyoacán  
México D.F . C.P. 04530 . Tel.: 01 55 59051000 51055  
Email: juan.gay@senasica.gob.mx  
 dgsa-fernando@senasica.gob.mx  
 teresa.ce rvantes@senasica.gob.mx  
 alejandra.garciap@senasica.gob.mx  
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