G/SPS/N/MEX/301  
25 July 2016  
(16-3937)  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  (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 num bers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Plants 
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 Federal de Sanidad Vegetal  
(Implementing regulations for the Federal Law on Plant Health) Language(s): Spanish 
Number of pages: 47 
Text available at: http://dof.gob.mx/index.php?year=2016&month=07&day=15 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/MEX/16_2915_00_s.pdf 
6. Description of content: The notified text seeks to regulate the provisions of the Federal 
Law on Plant Health with regard to the implementation, verification and certification of systems for the reduction of contamination risks in the primary production of plants, with the aim of ensuring an appropriate level of phytosanitary protection and the reduction of 
contamination risks in plants, and plant products and by-products in Mexico. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety , [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? 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. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] 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:   G/SPS/N/MEX/301 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: Ley 
Federal de Sanidad Vegetal  (Federal Law on Plant Health) (available in Spanish) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 15 July 2016 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 15 July 2016 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 16 July 2016. The notified regulations will enter into force on the day 
following their publication in the Official Journal. 
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable. 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad 
Dirección General de Normas 
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 
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body: 
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad 
Dirección General de Normas 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