G/SPS/N/MEX/299  
30 March 2016  
(16-1778)  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  (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): Terrestrial and aquatic animals, including wild animals 
(HS code 01.06) 
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 del Acuerdo mediante el cual se dan a conocer 
en los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, las enfermedades y plagas exóticas y endémicas de notificación obligatoria de los animales terrestres y acuáticos  (Draft Decision listing the 
exotic and endemic terrestrial and aquatic an imal diseases and pests notifiable in the 
United Mexican States) Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 21 
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6. Description of content: The notified draft Decision establishes groups and characteristics 
for the terrestrial and aquatic animal diseases and pests (including those affecting wild animals) that are notifiable to the country's health authorities. These diseases and pests 
fall into three groups: Group 1 covers diseases  and pests not present in national territory 
or which have been eradicated from the country, and which, given their rapid dissemination and impact, and risk to public health, must be notified immediately to the 
country's official animal and aquatic health authorities; Group 2 comprises communicable 
endemic diseases and pests found in national territory, which, given their significant impact on livestock production, international trade and public health, and their strategic importance for animal and aquatic health activities in the country, must be notified 
immediately to the country's official animal health authorities; Group 3 covers diseases 
and pests found in national territory that are considered endemic, which, given their lower level of risk from an epidemiological, economic, public health, and domestic and 
international trade viewpoint, must be notified on a monthly basis to the country's official 
animal and aquatic health authorities.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety , [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/MEX/299 
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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:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : The Decision will be available ten calendar 
days after its publication, on the Federal Regulatory Improvement Commission website. It will subsequently be available on the SENASICA website. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : The notified Decision will enter into force on the day following its 
publication in the Mexican Official Journal. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
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:  
Comments may be sent to: medidasfito.dgsv@senasica.gob.mx 
13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] 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 
Sección Fuentes, C.P. 53950 
Naucalpan de Juárez, Estado de México Tel.: (+52 55) 5729 9100, Ext. 43244 
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx 
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