G/SPS/N/MEX/253  
28 January 2014  
(14-0444)  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): Bananas 
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 modificación a la Norma Oficial Mexicana 
NOM-068-FITO-2000, Por la que se establecen las medidas fitosanitarias para combatir el moko del plátano y prevenir su diseminación (Draft Amendment to Mexican Official 
Standard NOM-068-FITO-2000: "Establishing phytosantiary measures to combat 
and prevent the spread of Moko disease in bananas") Language(s): Spanish 
Number of pages: 13 
Text available at: 
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.p hp?codigo=5330445&fecha=22/01/2014 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/MEX/14_0420_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: The notified Mexican Official Standard establishes the 
phytosanitary measures that must be implemented to control banana Moko  disease 
and limit its spread towards disease-free banana-producing areas. 
This Standard applies to the following: 
I. Banana products, including "Dominico" bananas 
(a) propagation material 
(b) plant material (c) fruit 
II. Banana production areas 
(a) commercial fresh fruit plantations 
(b) nurseries (c) in vitro  propagation laboratories 
(d) greenhouses 
(e) backyard orchards 
III. Parks and gardens 
IV. Packing plants 
V. Banana warehouses and storage centres G/SPS/N/MEX/253 
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  VI. Means of transport 
(a) vehicles 
(b) containers 
VII. Tools 
(a) work materials and equipment 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] 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 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 number)  
[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 langua ge(s) in which these are available:  
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-010-FITO-1995, Por la que se establece la cuarentena 
exterior para prevenir la introducción de plagas del plátano (Mexican Official Standard 
NOM-010-FITO-1995, establishing external quarantine to prevent the introduction 
of banana pests), published in the Official Journal on 18 November 1996, 
and the Amendment thereto, published in the Official Journal on 12 October 2009 (available in Spanish); 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-069-FITO-1995, Para el establecimiento 
y reconocimiento de zonas libres de plagas  (Mexican Official Standard 
NOM-069-FITO-995 on the establishment and recognition of pest-free areas), 
published in the Official Journal on 18 November 1998 (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: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 23 March 2014 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Addre ss, fax number and email address 
(if available) of other body:  
Comments should be sent to: 
Dirección General de Sanidad Vegetal 
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: trujillo@senasica.gob.mx   G/SPS/N/MEX/253 
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  13. Texts available from: [ ] National Notification 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  
Website: http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.p hp?codigo=5330445&fecha=22/01/2014