G/SPS/N/MEX/339  
3 May 2018 
(18-2740) 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 : Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios  
(Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks)  
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) : Cannabis sativa, indica  and americana  or marijuana, resin, 
preparations, seed, pharmacological derivatives and products for extensive industrial use 
containing cannabis derivatives in a concentration equal to or less than 1% of 
Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) (Tariff headings concerne d: 13021902, 12099907, 12119002, 
30034001, 30049033, 30039005, 30044002)  
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 : Reglamento de la Ley General de Salud en materia de 
Control Sanitario de la Cannabis y derivados de la misma  (Implementing Regulations to 
the General Law on Health with respect to the sanitary control of cannabis and derivatives 
thereof) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 15 
Text available from: 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/MEX/18_2314_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified document contains regulations describing the 
pharmacological derivatives of cannabis and setting out the requirements governing their 
marketing for industrial use . It covers the following : sowing, cultivation, harvesting, 
preparation, consolidation, acquis ition, possession, trade, any form of transportation, 
supply, employment, use, consumption, and in general, any activity relating to cannabis 
conducted for medical and scientific research purposes . The Regulations are binding 
throughout national territory.  
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.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identi fy 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) : G/SPS/N/MEX/339  
- 2 - 
   [ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. ISPM No. ): 
[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:  
- Reglamento de Insumos para la Salud (Regulations for Health Inputs)  
- Reglamento de la Ley General de Salud en Materia de Investigación para la Salud 
(Implementing Regulations to the General Law on Health with respect to health 
research)  
- Reglamento de la Ley General de Salud en Materia de Publicidad (Implementing 
Regulations to the General Law on Health with respect to advertising)  
- Reglamento de Control Sanitario de Productos y Servicios (Regulat ions on Sanitary 
Control of Products and Services)  
(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 ): On the day following publication in the Official Journal.  
[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/y y): 2 July 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:  
Lic. Carlos Jesús Yadir Lizardi Álvarez  
Coordinador  General Jurídico y Consultivo  (Legal and Advisory General Coordinator)  
Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios, COFEPRIS  
Av. Marina Nacional número 60 Col . Tacuba.  
Del. Miguel Hidalgo, C.P. 11410  
Ciudad de México  
Tel.: Tel. +50805200, Ext. 1037 and 1331  
Email : cjlizardi@cofepris.gob.mx  
13. Text(s) available from : [ ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad (Under -Secretariat of Competitiveness 
and Standardization)  
Dirección General de Normas  (General Directorate of Standards)  
Tel.: (+52 55) 5729 9100, Ext. 43244  
Fax: (+52 55) 5520 9715  
Email : normasomc@economia.gob.mx  
 sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
 jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
Website : h ttp://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad -negocios/normalizacion/catalogo -
mexicano -de-normas  
Text available from:  
http://www.cofemersimir.gob.mx/portales/resumen/43772