G/SPS/N/MEX/248  
8 January 2014  
(14-0046)  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, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y 
Alimentación , SAGARPA (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries 
and Food) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS num bers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Botanical seeds of barley ( Hordeum vulgare  L.) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners, or 
[X] Specific regions or countries: State of Colorado, United States.  
5. Title of the notified document: Requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de semilla 
botánica de cebada maltera (Hordeum vulgare L.), de origen y procedencia del Estado de Colorado, Estados Unidos  (Phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into 
Mexico of botanical seeds of barley ( Hordeum vulgare  L.) originating in and coming from 
the State of Colorado, United States) Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 1 
6. Description of content: Pursuant to the "Agreement establishing the module for 
phytosanitary requirements governing the impo rtation of goods regulated by the Ministry 
of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food in relation to plant 
health", published in the Mexican Official Jo urnal on 7 February 2012, the phytosanitary 
requirements governing the importation into Mexico of botanical seeds of barley ( Hordeum 
vulgare  L.) originating in and coming from the State of Colorado, United States, 
established on the basis of a pest risk anal ysis, have been submi tted to public comment. 
Furthermore, botanical seeds of barley ( Hordeum vulgare  L.) are required to be certified as 
free from Cynaeus angustus , Xanthomonas translucens , Cephalosporium gramineum , 
Phaeosphaeria nodorum , Pyrenophora teres  f. sp. maculata , Tilletia controversa , 
Ustilagonuda , Cirsium arvense , Fumaria officinalis  L., Hibiscus trionum  L., Lolium 
temulentum  L., Polygonum convolvulus  L., Salsola collina , Sinapsis arvensis  L., Solanum 
ptycanthum  and Sonchus arvensis  L., on the basis of the results of a laboratory diagnosis. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/MEX/248 
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  8. Is there a relevant international st andard? 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. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. ISPM No. ) 
[X] None  
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: 
http://www.senasica.gob.mx/?id=5456 (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. 
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 9 March 2014 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body: Comments should be sent to: 
medidasfito.dgsv@senasica.gob.mx   
13. Texts available from: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad 
Dirección General de Normas 
Av. Puente de Tecamachalco 6, Piso 2, Lomas de Tecamachalco Sección Fuentes, C.P. 53950 Naucalpan de Juárez, Estado de México 
Tel.: +(5255) 5729 9100, Ext. 43220 
E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.senasica.gob.mx/?id=5456