G/SPS/N/MEX/260  
12 June 2014 
(14-3418) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosan itary 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 numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Pink bollworm ( Pectinophora gossypiella  Saunders) and cotton  boll 
weevil ( Anthonomus grandis  Boheman), which affect cotton, okra and kenaf crops.  
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 notif ied document : Proyecto de Modificación a la Norma Oficial Mexicana 
NOM-026-FITO-1995, Por la que se establece el control de plagas del algodonero  (Draft 
Amendment to Mexican Official Standard NOM -026-FITO-1995: Establishing cotton plant 
pest controls)  Lang uage(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 16 
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6. Description of content : The notified Standard establishes the mandatory regulations to 
control and prevent the spread of pest populations : pink bollworm ( Pectinoph ora 
gossypiella  Saunders) and cotton boll weevil ( Anthonomus grandis  Boheman), which affect 
cotton, okra and kenaf crops ; in addition to phytosanitary measures in order to prevent 
the spread of such pests to pest -free areas . These regulations are mandatory  throughout 
Mexico and apply to the following:  
1.1 Areas of production  
The states of Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas 
and other states of the Federation in which cotton, okra and kenaf are cultivated.  
1.2 Plant pro ducts and by -products of cotton  
a. Seed cotton;  
b. Raw cotton;  
c. Cotton seeds;  
d. Flock;  
e. Cotton gin by -products.  
 1.3 Installations and implements  
a. Cotton gins;  
b. Harvest machines;  
c. Rotary cutters;  
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  1.4 Modes of transport and equipment  
a. Vehicles;  
b. Containers.  
7. Objective  and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standar d: 
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)  
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Conventi on (e.g. I SPM 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:  
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -022-FITO-1995, Requisitos y especificaciones que deben 
cumplir las personas morales para la prestación de servicios de tratamientos 
fitosanitarios  (Official Mexican Standard NOM -022-FITO-1995: Requirements and 
specifications to be met by legal persons for the provision of phytosanitary treatment 
services), published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación (Official Journal)  on 8 August 
2008; 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -069-FITO-1995, Para el estable cimiento y reconocimiento 
de zonas libres de plagas  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -069-FITO-1995 on the 
establishment and recognition of pest -free areas), published in the Diario Oficial de la 
Federación (Official Journal) on 1 8 November 1 998; 
 Norma Oficia l Mexicana NOM -081-FITO-2001, manejo y eliminación de focos de 
infestación, mediante el establecimiento o reordenamiento de fechas de siembra, 
cosecha y destrucción de residuos  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -081-FITO-2001: 
Management and elimination of sou rces of infestation, through the establishment or 
reintroduction of sowing, harvest and waste disposal dates), published in the Diario 
Oficial de la Federación (Official Journal) on 1 8 September 2 002; 
 Ley Federal de Metrología y Normalización  (Federal Law on Metrology and 
Standardization), published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación (Official Journal) in 
May 1 992 and amended on 2 0 May 2 007; 
 G/SPS/N/MEX/48 . 
(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  G/SPS/N/MEX/260  
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  12. Final date for comments : [ ] Sixty days from the date of c irculation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 9 August 2 014 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Direcció n General de Sanidad Vegetal del Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y 
Calidad Agroalimentaria  
Guillermo Pérez Valenzuela número 127,  
Colonia Del Carmen, Delegación Coyoacán  
Código postal 04100, México, D.F.  
Email: t rujillo@senasica.gob.mx  
 hector.san chez@senasica.gob.mx  
13. Texts available from : [ ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Dirección General de Normas  
Av. Puente de Tecamachalco 6, Piso 2  
Colonia Lo mas de Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes  
C.P. 53950, Naucalpan de Juárez, Estado de México  
Tel.: (+52 55) 5729 9300, Ext. 43220  
Fax: (+52 55) 5520 9715  
Email:  normasomc@economia.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.economia -noms.gob.mx/noms/inicio.do  
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