G/SPS/N/MEX/331/Add.1  
8 June 2018 
(18-3554) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 5 June 2 018, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Mexico . 
 
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Requisitos fitosanitarios  para la importación de grano de arroz pulido (Oryza sativa) originario y 
procedente de Guyana (Phytosanitary requirements governing the importation into Mexico of 
polished rice ( Oryza sativa ) originating in and coming from Guyana)  
Please be advised of th e closure of the public consultation period regarding the phytosanitary 
requirements for the importation of polished rice ( Oryza sativa ) originating in and coming from 
Guyana . These requirements were established in accordance with the provisions of Article  11, 
section I of the Decision establishing the module of phytosanitary requirements for the importation 
of goods regulated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and 
Food, in relation to plant health ( Acuerdo por el que se  establece el módulo de requisitos 
fitosanitarios para la importación de mercancías reguladas por la Secretaría de Agricultura, 
Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación, en materia de sanidad vegetal ), published in 
the Mexican Official Journal on 7 February 2 012. 
Text available at: https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/MEX/18_2882_00_s.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in pr oposed 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 potentially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of c omments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days . Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, 
the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): Not applicable.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [ ] National Notification Authority, G/SPS/N/MEX/331/Add.1  
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  [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other 
body:  
 
Text(s) available from : [ ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . 
Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad (Under -Secretariat of Competitiveness and 
Standardization)  
Dirección General de Normas  (Directorate -General of Standards)  
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  
 jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
Website: https://www.gob.mx/senasica   
 
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