G/SPS/N/MEX/266/Add.2  
15 November 2017  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 8 November 2 017, is being circulated at the request of 
the delegation of Mexico . 
 
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Mexican Official Standard NOM -082-SAG-FITO/SSA1 -2017. Maximum residue levels . Technical 
guidelines, authorization procedure and review  
Please be advised that Mexican Official Standard NOM -082-SAG-FITO/SSA1 -2017: "Maximum 
residue levels . Technical guidelines, authorization  procedure and review", has been formally 
approved.  
The Standard establishes technical guidelines and procedures for authorizing maximum residue 
levels (MRLs) for chemical pesticides for agricultural use, for registration and usage purposes.  
The following will be exempt from compliance with this Standard : Pesticides used for ornamental 
plants, tobacco and soil (pre -sowing application only) ; those applied in empty storage areas, 
trucks and containers ; and those for which the exemption is justified under applicable legal 
provisions.  
Import MRLs are not covered by this Standard.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/MEX/17_4612_00_s.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication, or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period : (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days . Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, 
the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the  date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): Not applicable.  G/SPS/N/MEX/266/Add.2  
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  Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other 
body:  
Dirección General de Normas  (General Directorate of Standards)  
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  
Email:  normasomc@economia.gob.mx  
 sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
 jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
Text(s) 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, Lomas de Tecamachalco  
Sección Fuentes, C.P. 53950  
Naucalpan de Juárez, Estado de México  
Tel.: (+52 55) 5729 9100  
Email:  normasomc@economia.gob.mx  
 sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
 jose.ramosr@eco nomia.gob.mx  
http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5499806&fecha=04/10/2017  
 
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