G/SPS/N/MEX/266  
3 September 2014  
(14-5012)  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): Chemical pesticides for agricultural use.  
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-000-
SAG-FITO/SSA1-2013, Límites máximos de residuos. Lineamientos técnicos y procedimiento de autorización y revisión  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-000-
SAG-FITO/SSA1-2013: Maximum residue levels. Technical guidelines, authorization 
procedure and review) Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 12 
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.p hp?codigo=5356770&fecha=19/08/2014 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/MEX/14_3933_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: The notified standard establishes the technical guidelines and 
procedures for authorizing Maximum Residue Levels for chemical pesticides for agricultural 
use. 
It is binding throughout Mexican territory and applies to natural or legal persons wishing to 
register chemical pesticides for agricultural use in Mexico, which, pursuant to the 
applicable legal provisions, require a Maximum Residue Level. 
The following will be exempted fr om complying with this standard: 
Pesticides for use with ornamental plants, tobacco and soil exclusively for pre-sowing 
application; those to be applied in empty storage areas, trucks and containers; and those the exemption of which is justified under applicable legal provisions. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety , [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/MEX/266 
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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) : 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: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 17 October 2014 
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:  
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización Agroalimentaria  
Municipio Libre No. 377, Piso 4 B, Col. Santa Cruz Atoyac C.P. 03310, Delegación Benito Juárez México, D.F. 
Tel.: 3871 1000, Ext. 33639  
 Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de Regulación y Fomento Sanitario 
Oklahoma número 14, planta baja, Colonia Nápoles 
C.P. 03810, México, D.F. Tel.: 50 80 52 00, Ext. 1333  
Fax: 55 11 14 99 
Email: rfs@cofepris.gob.mx G/SPS/N/MEX/266 
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  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. 43220 Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx 
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