G/SPS/N/MEX/243  
21 October 2013  
(13-5766)  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): Sugar beet ( Beta vulgaris  L.) seeds 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners 
[X] Specific regions or countries: New Zealand and the Netherlands  
5. Title of the notified document: Requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de Semilla 
de betabel (Beta vulgaris L.), originaria de Nueva Zelandia y procedente de Países Bajos (Phytosanitary requirements for the importation into Mexico of sugar beet 
(Beta vulgaris  L.) seeds originating in New Zealand and coming from the Netherlands) 
Language(s): Spanish Number of pages: 1 
Text available at: 
http://www.senasica.gob.mx/?id=5456 
6. Description of content: Pursuant to the "Agreement establishing the module for 
phytosanitary requirements governing the importation of goods regulated by the 
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food in relation to plant health", published in the Mexican Official Journal on 7 February 2012, 
the phytosanitary requirements for the importation into Mexico of sugar beet 
(Beta vulgaris  L.) seeds originating in New Zealand and coming from the Netherlands, 
established on the basis of a pest risk analysis or a risk assessment, have been submitted 
to public comment. A phytosanitary certificate issued by the Dutch plant health authority 
is required and must state that the seeds originate in New Zealand and are free from the following: Cercospora beticola , Peronospora farinose  f.sp. betae , Pleospora betae , 
Colletotrichum circinans , Uromyces beticola , Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens  pv. betae , 
Pseudomonas syringae  pv. aptata , Radish yellow edge virus , Bromus sterilis , 
Cuscuta europaea , Euphorbia helioscopia , Fumaria officinalis , Hibiscus trionum , 
Polygonum persicaria  and Asphodelus tenuifolius .  
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal /plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/MEX/243 
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  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 possib le, how and why it deviates from 
the international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language (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: [X] Six months from date of publication,  
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 
[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) : 20 December 2013 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Comments should be sent to medidasfito.dgsv@senasica.gob.mx  
13. Texts available from: [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail 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 
E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.senasica.gob.mx/?id=5456