G/SPS/N/MEX/207/Add.6  
8 December 2015  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 8 December 2015, is being circulated at the request of 
the delegation of Mexico. 
 
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 Draft amendment to the title of Mexican Official Standard NOM-144-SEMARNAT-2012, 
"Establishing the internationally recognized phytosanitary measures for wood packaging material 
used in international trade in goods and merchandise", which will read as follows: Mexican Official 
Standard NOM-144-SEMARNAT-2015, "Establishing internationally recognized phytosanitary 
measures and marking requirements for wood packaging material used in international trade in 
goods and merchandise" 
On 4 December 2015, the Ministry of the Envi ronment and Natural Resources published in the 
Official Journal ( Diario Oficial de la Federación ), the draft amendment to the title of Mexican 
Official Standard NOM-144-SEMARNAT-2012, "Establishing the internationally recognized 
phytosanitary measures for wood packaging material used in international trade in goods and merchandise", which will read as  follows: Mexican Official Standard NOM-144-SEMARNAT-2015, 
"Establishing internationally recognized phytosanitary measures and marking requirements for 
wood packaging material used in international trade in goods and merchandise". 
Text available at:  http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/MEX/15_4852_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 
[ ] 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 potent ially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, norm ally of at least 60 calendar days. Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of or iginally 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 
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  Agency or authority designated to handle co mments: [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and email address (if available) of 
other body: 
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Ejército 
Nacional número 223, colonia Anáhuac, Delegación Miguel Hidalgo, código postal 11320, Distrito 
Federal  
Email: madera@semarnat.gob.mx, maria.porras@semarnat.gob.mx and 
jose.espinoza@semarnat.gob.mx  
Text(s) available from: [X] National Notificati on Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and email addre ss (if available) of other body: 
Secretaría de Economía 
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.: (+52 55) 5729 9100, Ext. 43244 
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx 
 sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx 
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