G/SPS/N/MEX/31 3 
 
31 January 2017  
(17-0614) 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 numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable):  Alfalfa (Medicago sativa ) seed 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries:  United States of America  
5. Title of the notified document:  Requisitos fitosanitarios para la importación de  semilla 
de alfalfa (Medicago sativa) originaria y procedente de Estados Unidos (Phytosanitary 
requirements governing the importation into Mexico of alfalfa  (Medicago sativa ) seed 
originating in and coming from  the United States of America ) Language(s):  Spanish   
Number of pages:  2 
Text available at:  
http://www.senasica.gob.mx/?id=5456  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/ 2017/SPS/MEX/17_0606_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Pursuant to the Decision establishing the module of 
phytosanitary requirements for the importation of goods regulated by the Ministry of 
Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Foo d in relation to plant health 
(Acuerdo por el que se establece el módulo de requisitos fitosanitarios para la 
importación de mercancías reguladas por la Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, 
Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación, en materia de sanidad veg etal), published in the 
Mexican Official Journal on 7 February 2012, the phytosanitary requirements for the 
importation into Mexico of alfalfa  (Medicago sativa ) seed originating in and coming from 
the United States of America , established on the basis of a  pest risk analysis, have been 
submitted to public comment. Imports of alfalfa  seed must be accompanied by a 
phytosanitary certificate, have been subjected to a phytosanitary treatment and meet 
certain packaging requirements.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] 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/ 313 
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organi sation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] Internatio nal 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 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) : 1 April  2017 
Agency or authority  designated to handle comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
Comments may be sent to : 
medidasfito.dgsv@senasica.gob.mx.  
13. Text(s)  available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [  ] 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 T ecamachalco  
Sección Fuentes, C.P. 53950  
Naucalpan de Juárez, Estado de México  
Tel.:  (+52 55) 5729 -9100, Ext. 43244  
E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  
 sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.senas ica.gob.mx/?id=5456