G/SPS/N/MEX/181/Add.4
22 December 2014
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: Spanish
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 18 December 2014, is being circulated at the request 
of the delegation of Mexico. 
 
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 Decision establishing measures to streamline administrative procedures governing the importation 
of new sawn wood originating in the United States of America or Canada, for the purposes 
of compliance with Mexican Official Standard NOM-016-SEMARNAT-2003 (Sanitary regulations on 
the importation of new sawn wood) 
On 16 December 2014, the Ministry of the Envi ronment and Natural Resources published in the 
Official Journal ( Diario Oficial de la Federación ) (http://www.dof.gob.mx ) the Decision establishing 
measures to streamline administrative procedures governing the importation of new sawn wood 
originating in the United States of America or Canada, for the purposes of compliance with 
Mexican Official Standard NOM-016-SEMARNAT-2 003 (Sanitary regulations on the importation 
of new sawn wood). 
This Decision will enter into force 30 calendar days as of the date of its publication in the 
Official Journal. 
Text available at: http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.p hp?codigo=5376036&fecha=16/12/2014  
This Decision is a measure to streamline administrative procedures, which provides for the 
endorsement, subject to prior examination, of  the kiln-dried and phytosanitary treatment 
certificates issued by enterprises accredited by  the official plant protection agencies of the 
United States of America, Canada or any other country whose legislation establishes similar procedures, as long as these are consistent with the provisions of the International Plant 
Protection Convention, for the purposes of certification by the Federal Environmental Protection 
Agency of compliance with specification 4.2.1(B) of Mexican Official Standard NOM-16-2013. 
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[ ] 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 potent ially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. 
Under other circumstances, such as extensio n of originally announced final date for 
comments, the comment period prov ided 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/181/Add.4 
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  Agency or authority designated to handle co mments: [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax numbe r and email address (if available) of other 
body: 
Text available from: [ ] National Notificati on Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and email addre ss (if available) of other body: 
 Secretaría de Economía 
 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=5376036&fecha=16/12/2014 ; 
http://www.economia-noms.gob.mx/noms/inicio.do  
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