G/SPS/GEN/1686  
1 March  2019 
(19-1210) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
DECLARATION OF AREAS FREE FROM FRUIT FLIES OF THE  
QUARANTINE -SIGNIFICANT GENUS ANASTREPHA  
COMMUNICATION FROM MEXICO  
The following communication, received on 1 March 2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Mexico . 
 
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1.  Pursuant to Article 6 of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures , 
which  refers to  regional conditions, includin g pest - or disease -free areas and  areas of low pest or 
disease prevalence, and in keeping with the principle of transparency, we hereby notify the 
publication of the "Decision declaring certain  federative entities, municipalities a nd regions in 
national territory to be areas free from fruit flies of the quarantine -significant genus Anastrepha ". 
2.  The following areas have been declared free  from fruit flies of the quarantine -significant genus 
Anastrepha : the federative entities of Baja California, Baja California Sur, C hihuahua, Coahuila de 
Zaragoza and  Sonora; the municipalities of  Asientos, Cosío, El Llano, Pabellón de Arteaga, Rincón 
de Romos, San Francisco d e los Romo, San José de Gracia and  Tepezalá in the federative entity of  
Aguascalientes; the municipalities of  Canatlán, Coneto de Comonf ort, Cuencamé, Durango, 
General  Simón Bolívar, Gómez Palacio, Guadalupe Victoria, Guanaceví, Hidalgo, Indé, Lerdo, 
Mapimí, Nazas, Nombre de Dios, Ocampo, El Oro, Nuevo Ideal, Pánuco de Coronado, P eñón Blanco, 
Poanas, Rodeo, San Bernardo, San Juan de Guadalupe, San Juan del  Río, San Luis del Cordero, 
San Pedro del Gallo, Santa Clara, Santiago Papasquiaro, Súchil, Tepehuanes, Tlahualilo and  
Vicente  Guerrero in the federative entity of  Durango; the mu nicipalities of  Agualeguas, Apodaca, 
Los Aldamas, Anáhuac , El Carmen, Cerralvo, Ciénega de Flores, China, Doctor Arroyo, Doctor Coss, 
General Bravo, General Escobedo, General Treviño, General Zuazua, Los Herreras, Higueras, 
Lampazos de Naranjo, Melchor Oca mpo, Mier y Noriega, Parás, Sabinas Hidalgo , Salinas Victoria, 
Vallecillo and  Villaldama in the federative entity of  Nuevo León; the municipalities of  Ahualulco, 
Armadillo de los Infante, Catorce, Cedral, Cerro de San Pedro, Charcas, Guadalcázar, Matehuala , 
Mexquitic de Carmona, Moctezuma, Salinas, San Luis Potosí, San Nicolás Tolentino, Santa María del 
Río, Santo Domingo, Soledad de Graciano Sánchez, Vanegas, Venado, Villa Hidalgo, Villa de Arriaga, 
Villa de Guadalupe, Villa de la Paz, Villa de Ramos, Vill a de Reyes,  Villa de Arista, Tierra Nueva and  
Zaragoza in the federative entity of  San Luis Potosí; the municipalities of  Ahome, Angostura, 
Badiraguato, Choix, Culiacán, El  Fuerte, Elota, Guasave, Mocorit o, Navolato, Salvador Alvarado and  
Sinaloa de Leyva in the federative entity of  Sinaloa; the municipalities of  Camargo, Guerrero, 
Gustavo D íaz Ordaz, Mier, Miguel Alemán and  Nuevo Laredo in the federative entity of  Tamaulipas; 
the municipality of  Altzayanca in the federative entity of  Tlaxcala; the municipa lities of  Calera, 
Cañitas de Felipe Pescador, Concepción del Oro, Chalchihuites , Cuauhtémoc, Fresnillo, 
Genaro  Codina, General Enrique Estrada, General Francisco R. Murguía, General Pánfilo Natera, 
Guadalupe, Jerez, Jiménez del Teúl, Juan Aldama, Mazapil, Melchor Ocampo, Miguel Auza, Morelos, 
Loreto, Luis Moya, Noria de Angeles, Ojocaliente, Pánuco, Pinos, Río Grande, Saín Alto, El Salvador, 
Sombrerete, Trancoso, Valparaíso, Vetagrande, Villa de Cos, Villa García, Villa González Ortega, 
Villa Hidalgo and  Zacatecas in the federative entity of  Zacatecas; the circumscribed northern region 
of the communities of Tétela del Volcán and  Tlalmimilulpan in the municipality of  Tétela del Volcán 
in the federative entity of  Morelos ; the central -western region of the municipality of 
Coatepec  Harinas in the federative entity of the State of Mexico, which corresponds to the area 
circumscribed by the line connecting the coordinates listed in the relevant table and the territorial G/SPS/GEN/1686  
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  boundarie s of the  municipalities of  Texcaltitlán, Zinaca ntepec, Toluca, Villa Guerrero and  Almoloya 
de Alquisiras . 
3.  The notified  Decision will remain in effect for 24 months after its entry into force, as set out in 
the last paragraph of Article 106 of the Regulatio ns implementing the Federal Law on Plant Health . 
4.  The Decision will enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal . 
5.  WTO Members are asked to use this Decision as a reference in their commercial dealings with 
respect to livesto ck products from Mexico . 
6.  This communication is being submitted for purposes of transparency and in order to provide 
Members with further information on the current regulatory process in Mexico . 
7.  The document may be viewed  at: 
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5540162&fecha=05/10/2018 . 
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