G/SPS/N/MEX/378  
23 January  2020 
(20-0583) Page: 1/2 
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 y Desarrollo Rural/Servicio Nacional de 
Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria  (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development/National Agri -Food Health, Safety and Quality Service)  
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) : Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) grain originating in and coming from 
the United Kingdom.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : United Kingdom  
5. Title of the notified document : Propuesta de Requisitos Fitosanitarios para la 
importación de granos de trigo (Triticum aestivum L.)  (Draft phytosanitary requirements 
for the importation of wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) grain) Language(s) : Spanish Number 
of pages : 2 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/MEX/19_7218_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : In accordance with the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary 
and Phytosanitary Measures, Mexico hereby advises that the Ministry of Agriculture and 
Rural De velopment and the National Agri -Food Health, Safety and Quality Service have 
established the result of the relevant pest risk analysis.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety , [ ] animal health , [ ] plant protection, [X] 
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 standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or seri al 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 Convention ( 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:  G/SPS/N/MEX/378  
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  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 : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ): 22 March  2020 
Agency or authority desi gnated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Secretar ía de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural/Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y 
Calidad Agroalimentaria  
Francisco Javier Trujillo Arriaga : gestion@senasica.gob.mx  
Francisco Ramírez y Ramírez : gestión.dgsv@senasica.gob.mx  
César Osvaldo Orozco Arce : cesar.orozco@economia.gob.mx  
Tania Daniela Fosado Soriano : tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx  
José César Ramos : jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body: