G/SPS/N/MEX/254  
12 February 2014  
(14-0845)  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, 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): Onion ( Allium cepa  L.) seeds 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners 
[X] Specific regions or countries: Spain and the Netherlands  
5. Title of the notified document: Requisitos Fitosanitarios para la Importación de Semilla 
de Cebolla (Allium cepa L.), Originaria de España y Procedente de Holanda (Phytosanitary 
requirements for the importation into Mexico of onion ( Allium cepa  L.) seeds originating 
in Spain and coming from the Netherlands") Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 1 
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/MEX/14_0608_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: Pursuant to the "Agreement establishing the module for 
phytosanitary requirements governing the impo rtation of goods regulated by the Ministry 
of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food in relation to plant 
health", published in the Mexican Official Jo urnal on 7 February 2012, the phytosanitary 
requirements governing the importation into Mexico of onion ( Allium cepa  L.) seeds 
originating in Spain and coming from the Netherlands, established on the basis of a pest 
risk analysis, have been submitted to public comment. 
Onion ( Allium cepa  L.) seeds are required to be certified as free from Botrytis aclada , 
Colletotrichum circinans , Fusarium oxysporum  f. sp. cepae , Peronospora destructor , 
Puccinia allii  and Stemphylium vesicarium  on the basis of the results 
of a laboratory diagnosis. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] 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)  G/SPS/N/MEX/254 
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  [ ] 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:  
http://www.senasica.gob.mx/?id=5456  (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: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 13 April 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: 
medidasfito.dgsv@senasica.gob.mx 
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.senasica.gob.mx/?id=5456