G/SPS/N/MEX/408  
9 August  2022 
(22-6008) 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 : Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural  (Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural Development)  
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) : Rice 
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 : PROYECTO  de Modificación a la Norma Oficial Mexicana 
NOM-013-FITO-1995, Por la que se establece la cuarentena exterior para prevenir la 
introducción de plagas de l arroz (Draft Amendment to Mexican Official Standard NOM -
013-FITO-1995 establishing external quarantine to prevent the introduction of rice pests) 
Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 4 
https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5659747&fecha=29/07/2022#gsc.ta
b=0 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/MEX/22_5225_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The reason for the notified draft amendment is because, upon 
learning of a change in an exporting country's phytosanitary conditions, or the detection 
of a risk associated with the entry route not covered by existing import requirements, the 
Ministry is req uired to notify the importation ban in the "module of phytosanitary import 
requirements" or, if risk management measures are identified to ensure the appropriate 
level of phytosanitary protection required by our country, amendments made to 
phytosanitary re quirements.  
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety, [X] animal health, [X] 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  G/SPS/N/MEX/408  
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  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:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available : Norma 
Oficial Mexicana NOM -005-FITO-1995 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/MEX/22_5225_01_s. pdf 
(available in Spanish)  
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) : 8 October 2 022 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if avai lable) of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Dirección General de Normas (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Pachuca 189, Colonia Condesa  
Demarcación territorial Cuauhtémoc  
Ciudad de México, 06140  
Tel.: (+52 55) 5729 91 00, Ext. 13247 or 13264  
Email:  tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx  
 emeterio.mosso@economia.gob.mx  
 rene.hernandez@senasica.gob.mx  
 giovanni.gonzalez@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:  
Secretaría de Economía  
Dirección General de Normas  
Pachuca 189, Colonia Condesa  
Demarcación territorial Cuauhtémoc  
Ciudad de México, 06140  
Tel.: (+52 55) 5729 91 00 , Ext. 13247 or 13264  
Email:  tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx  
 emeterio.mosso@economia.gob.mx  
 rene.hernandez@senasica.gob.mx  
 giovanni.gonzalez@senasica.gob.mx