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G/SPS/N/MEX/43/Add.1 
11 January 2013 
 (13-0177) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
 The following communication, received on 9 January 2013, is being circulated at the request 
of the delegation of Mexico. 
 
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Notice of cancellation of Mexican Official  Standard NOM-008-FITO-1995 establishing the 
phytosanitary requirements and specifications for the import of fresh fruit and vegetables 
 
 On 21 December 2012, the Ministry of Agricultu re, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries 
and Food published in the Official Journal ( Diario Oficial de la Federación ) the notice of cancellation 
of Mexican Official Standard NOM-008-FITO-199 5 establishing the phytosanitary requirements and 
specifications for the import of fresh fruit an d vegetables, published on 8 July 1996 in the 
Official Journal.  The amendments to this Standard, published in the Official Journal 
on 17 April 2002, 16 May 2002, 18 April 2006, 6 July 2006, 6 February 2008 and 22 May 2009, have also been cancelled. 
 
 The phytosanitary requirements and specificati ons for the import of the goods regulated by 
the above-mentioned Mexican Official  Standard have been incorporated into the Phytosanitary Import 
Requirements Module ( Módulo de Requisitos Fitosanitarios para la Importación ).  Interested parties 
may therefore consult the phytosanitary import requirements in that Module.  
This addendum concerns a : 
  [ ] Modification of final date for comments 
 [ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
 [ ] Modification of content and/or scope  of previously notified draft regulation 
 [ X] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
 [ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication, or date of entry into force 
 [ ] Other:  G/SPS/N/MEX/43/Add.1 
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  Comment period:  (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure in 
terms of products and/or potentially affected  Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments 
should be provided, normally of at least 60 cale ndar days.  Under other circumstances, such as 
extension of originally announced final date fo r comments, the comment period provided 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. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comm ents:  [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
 Not applicable.  
Text available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (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 Naucal pan de Juárez, Estado de México 
 Tel: (+52) 55 5729-9100, Ext. 43220  E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  Website: " http://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad-negocios/normalizacion/catalogo-
mexicano-de-normas " 
  http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php? codigo=5283116&fech a=21/12/2012  
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