G/SPS/N/MEX/293  
18 December 2015  
(15-6721)  Page: 1/3  
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): Agricultural and fishery products: 
a) Fishery products; 
b) Meat products; 
c) Grains and oilseeds; 
d) Oils and fats; 
e) Livestock and holding pens. 
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 Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-001-
SAGARPA/SCFI2015, Prácticas comerciales-Especificaciones sobre el almacenamiento, 
guarda, conservación, manejo y control de bienes o mercancías bajo custodia de los almacenes generales de depósito.  Incluyendo productos agropecuarios y pesqueros  (Draft 
Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-001-SAGARPA/SCFI2015: Trade practices - 
Specifications for the storage, safekeeping, conservation, handling and control of goods or merchandise placed in general deposit warehouses, including agricultural and fishery products) Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 47 
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http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/MEX/15_4985_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: The notified Mexican Official Standard establishes the 
requirements and characteristics to be met by general deposit warehouses throughout national territory in regard to the storage, safekeeping, conservation, handling, control, 
distribution and marketing of goods or merchandise. It also establishes the sanitary 
requirements and operational characteristics to be met by these warehouses when handling, storing and conserving agricultural and fishery products, with a view to 
maintaining the quality of such products. 
This Mexican Official Standard covers the following agricultural and fishery products: 
a) Fishery products; 
b) Meat products; 
c) Grains and oilseeds; 
d) Oils and fats; 
e) Livestock and holding pens. G/SPS/N/MEX/293 
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  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.  
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission ( e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text ) 
 International Code CAC/RCP 52-2003: Code  of Practice for Fish and Fishery 
Products. Codex Alimentarius 
 International Code CAC/RCP 58/2005: Code of Hygienic Practice for Meat. 
Codex Alimentarius 
 Recommended International Code of Practice for the Storage and Transport of 
Edible Oils and Fats in Bulk CAC/RCP 36-1987 (Rev. 1-1999). Codex 
Alimentarius 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. ISPM No. ) 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
[X] 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:  
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) : 16 February 2016 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
For enquiries concerning section 5 of the draft Mexican Official Standard or Technical 
Annexes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5:  
Dirección General de Normalización Agroalimentaria                                                   
Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Ru ral, Pesca y Alimentación             
Avenida Municipio Libre No. 377, piso 4, ala A                                                              
Col. Santa Cruz Atoyac, Delegación Benito Juárez                                                       
México D.F., C.P. 03310  
Email: jesus.zamora@sagarpa.gob.mx   
For enquiries concerning sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the draft Mexican Official 
Standard:  
Dirección General de Normas                                                                                       
Avenida Puente de Tecamachalco No. 6, piso 3                                                                   
Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco, Naucalpan de Juárez                                                      
Estado de México, C.P. 53950  G/SPS/N/MEX/293 
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  Email: dgnm.luis@economia.gob.mx  
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and email 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 Tel.: +52 55 52 29 61 00, Ext. 43244 
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx 
 sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx 
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