G/TBT/N/MEX/288
24 April 2015
(15-2204)  Page: 1/2
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: Spanish
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member: MEXICO 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible: Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y 
Alimentación , SAGARPA (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries 
and Food) 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización Agroalimentaria  (National Advisory 
Committee on Agri-Food Standardization) 
Municipio Libre No. 377, Piso 4 A, Col. Santa Cruz Atoyac 
C.P. 03310, Delegación Benito Juárez México, Distrito Federal Tel.: 3871 1000, Ext. 33639 
Email: manuel.chavez@sagarpa.gob.mx   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2. 10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ],  5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided  in addition, where applicable): Seeds for 
sowing (1207.10.10.00) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: PROY-NOM-002-
SAG/FITO-2013 Por la que se establecen las características y especificaciones que deben reunir las etiquetas de Certificación de la Calidad de las Semillas para Siembra  (Draft 
Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-002-SAG/FITO-2013 establishing the characteristics 
of, and specifications for, quality certification labelling for seeds for sowing) (6 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified Standard seeks to establish the characteristics of, 
and specifications for, quality certification labelling for seeds for sowing, thus facilitating the inspection and monitoring process for the competent authority. The Standard also 
provides information on seed characteristics and attributes to breeders, conservers, 
producers, traders, distributors, export ers and importers of seeds for sowing. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The aim of this Mexican Official Standard is to establish the characteristics of, 
and specifications for, quality certification labelling for seeds for sowing. Such labelling will 
certify that the seeds, including any propagation material, have been produced in Mexico in 
accordance with the methods, criteria and quality specifications established in the rules governing the qualification of seeds for each species or crop. 
The Standard is binding throughout national territory for certification bodies approved by 
the Ministry for the qualification of seeds in Mexico. G/TBT/N/MEX/288 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
• NOM-008-SCFI-2002. Sistema General de Unidades de Medida  (Mexican Official 
Standard NOM-008-SCFI-2002, General system of units of measurement) 
• NOM-030-SCFI-2006. Información comercial - Declaración de cantidad en la 
etiqueta - Especificaciones  (Mexican Official Standard NOM-030-SCFI-2006, Trade 
information - Quantity declaration on the label - Specifications) 
• Ley Federal de Producción, Certificación y Comercio de Semillas  (Federal Law on 
the Production, Certification and Trading of Seeds) (Mexican Official Journal, 15 June 2007) 
• Reglamento de la Ley Federal de Producci ón, Certificación y Comercio de Semillas 
(Regulations implementing the Federal Law on the Production, Certification and Trading of Seeds) (Mexican Official Journal, 2 September 2011) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 60 calendar days after publication in the Official Journal 
(Diario Oficial de la Federación ). 
Proposed date of entry into force: The notified Mexican Official Standard will enter into 
force after being published as a final standard in the Mexican Official Journal ( Diario Oficial 
de la Federación ). More specifically, it will enter into force on the day following that on 
which the General Directorate of Standards of the Ministry of the Economy issues a notice 
confirming the existence of the infrastructure required for its implementation.  
10. Final date for comments: - 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy) 
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad  (Undersecretariat of Competitiveness and 
Standardization) 
Dirección General de Normas  (General Directorate of Standards) 
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43217 
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715 
Website: http://www.economia-noms.gob.mx/?P=144  
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
Text available online at: 
http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5387979&fecha=07/04/2015  
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