G/SPS/N/MEX/333  
5 April 2018  
(18-2063) Page: 1/3 
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  (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 applic able) : Citrus propagation material : plants, seedlings, rootstock, seeds, 
twigs, and shoots.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the  notified document : Proyecto de modificación de la Norma Oficial Mexicana 
NOM-079-FITO-2002, Requisitos fitosanitarios para la producción y movilización de 
material propagativo libre de virus tristeza y otros patógenos asociados a cítricos, para 
quedar como Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -079-SAG/FITO -2017, Requisitos fitosanitarios, 
especificaciones y procedimiento que deben cumplir los establecimientos productores y 
comercializadores de material propagativo de cítricos libre de plagas reglamentadas, así 
como aquellos que acopian, empacan y procesan frutos de cítricos para obtener la 
certificación fitosanitaria  (Draft Amendment to Mexican Offi cial Standard NOM -079-FITO-
2002:  "Phytosanitary requirements governing the production and movement of 
propagation mate rial free of the citrus quick decline (tristeza) virus and other pathogens 
affecting citrus", which is now entitled  Mexican Official S tandard NOM -079-SAG/FITO -
2017: " Phytosanitary requirements, specifications and procedures that must be complied 
with by es tablishments producing and marketing citrus propagation material free of 
regulated pests, and storing, packing and processing citrus fruit, in order to obta in 
phytosanitary certification" ) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 14 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/MEX/18_1796_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The provisions of the notified Standard apply to the following:  
 Citrus propagation material : plants, seedlings, rootstock, seeds, twigs, and shoots;  
 Establishments producing citrus propagation material : foundation -seed sites, 
seed-producing orchards, shoot -producing sites, and nurseries;  
 Establishments marketing citrus  propagation material : stores selling ornamental and/or 
garden plants;  
 Commercial establishments handling citrus fruit : storage or distribution facilities, 
packing plants (movement within the country and exports) and processing plants.  
7. Objective and rationale : [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ] 
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/MEX/333  
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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 Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[X] International Plant Protection Convention  (e.g. I SPM No.)  
- International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No. 5: Glossary of 
Phytosanitary Terms, 2005  (https://www.ippc.int/en/publications/622/ ) 
- NAPPO  Regional Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (RSPM) No. 16: 
Integrated Measures for the Movement  of Citrus Propagative Material  
(https://www.nappo.org/files/2314/3896/089 3/RSPM16 -Rev-10-09-13-e.pdf) 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents an d language(s) in which these are available : 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 d e sanidad vegetal  (Decision establishing the module of 
phytosanitary requirements for the importation of goods regulated by the Ministry of 
Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food, in relation to plant health), 
published in the Mexica n Official Journal on 7 February 2 012 (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 . The notified draft Mexican Official Standard will enter 
into force on the day following its publication in the Mexican Official Journal as a final 
standard.  
[X] Trade facilitating m easure  
12. Final date for comments : [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ): 21 May 2 018 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Scientifically and technically substantiated comments may be submitted, in Spanish, to the  
following address :  
Dirección General de Sanidad Vegetal del Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inoc uidad y 
Calidad Agroalimentaria  (Directorate -General of Plant Health of the National Agriculture 
and Food Health, Safety and Quality Service)  
Avenida Boul evard Adolfo Ruíz Cortines 5010  
Colonia Insurgentes  Cuicuilco, Delegación Coyoacán  
Ciudad de México, Código Postal 04530  
or by email to :  
luis.espinoza@senasica.gob.mx /supervision.dgsv@senasica.gob.mx  G/SPS/N/MEX/333  
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  13. Text(s) 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 (Under -Secretariat of Competitiveness 
and Standardization)  
Dirección General de Normas  (General Directorate of Standards)  
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. 43244  
Email : normasomc@economia.gob.mx  
 sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
 jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
Also available at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5516931&fecha=22/03/2018