G/SPS/N/MEX/249  
13 January 2014  
(14-0110)  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): Fresh foliage of Japanese aralia ( Fatsia japonica ) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners, or 
[X] Specific regions or countries: Costa Rica  
5. Title of the notified document: Requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de follaje 
fresco de aralia (Fatsia japonica), originario y procedente de Costa Rica  (Phytosanitary 
requirements for the importation of fresh foliage of Japanese aralia ( Fatsia japonica ) 
originating in and coming from Costa Rica) Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 1 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/MEX/14_0100_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: Pursuant to 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 2012, the phytosanitar y requirements for the importation into 
Mexico of fresh foliage of Japanese aralia ( Fatsia japonica ) originating in and coming from 
Costa Rica, established on the basis of a pest risk analysis, have been submitted to public 
comment. 
Fresh foliage of Japanese aralia ( Fatsia japonica ) must also be accompanied by a 
phytosanitary certificate issued by the Costa Rican plant health authority stating that the foliage originates in and comes from Costa Rica, that it has undergone inspection and that 
it has been found to be free from quarantine pests. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal heal th, [ ] plant protection, [X] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/MEX/249 
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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  (available 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) : 11 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 availabl e) 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.: (+52 55) 5729-9100, Ext. 43220 E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.senasica.gob.mx/?id=5456