G/SPS/N/MEX/362  
13 December  2018 
(18-7870) 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/Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (Ministry 
of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food/National Agrifood 
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 ) grain ; Tariff headings : 100111, 100119, 
100191 and 100199  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected,  to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries : Bulgaria  
5. Title of the notified document : Requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de trigo 
(Triticum aestivum) originario y procedente de Bulgaria  (Phytosanitary requirements 
governing the importation of wheat ( Triticum aestivum ) grain originating in and coming 
from Bulgaria) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 2 
Text available at:  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/MEX/18_6410_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The phytosanitary requirements for the importation of wheat 
(Triticum aestivum ) grain originating in and coming from Bulgaria were established on 
the basis of the results of a pest risk assessment pursuant to Article 11, paragraph 1 of 
the Decision establishing the module of phytosanitary requirements for the importati on 
of goods regulated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries 
and Food, in relation to plant health ( Acuerdo por el que se establece el módulo de 
requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de mercancías reguladas por la S ecretaría de 
Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación, en materia de sanidad 
vegetal ), published in the Mexican Official Journal on 7 February 2 012. 
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 ser ial 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. ): G/SPS/N/MEX/362  
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  [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 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/o r (dd/mm/yy ): 11 February 2 019 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if available) of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria  (National Agrifood 
Health, Safety and Quality Service)  
rene.hernandez@senasica.gob.mx  with copy to medidasfito.dgsv@senasica.gob.mx   
Document available at:  
http://www.gob.mx/senasica/documentos/consulta -publica -de-requisitos -fitosanitarios  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other bod y: 
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad (Under -Secretariat for Competitiveness 
and Standardization)  
Dirección General de Normas  (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Calle Pachuca 189, Piso 7, Col . Condesa  
Demarcación Territorial, Cuauhtémoc  
Ciudad de Mexico  
C.P. 06140  
Email : normasomc@economia.gob.mx   
 sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx   
 jose.ramosr@eco nomia.gob.mx   
Document available at:  
http://www.gob.mx/senasica/documentos/consulta -publica -de-requisitos -fitosanitarios