G/TBT/N/MEX/405  
1 May 2018 
(18-2710) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : MEXICO  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible : Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios , 
COFEPRIS (Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Lic. Carlos Jesús Yadir Lizardi Álvarez, Coordinador General Jurídico y Consultivo, Comisión 
Federal para la Protección c ontra Riesgos Sanitarios, COFEPRIS . Address : Av. Marina 
Nacional número 60 Col . Tacuba . Del. Miguel Hidalgo, C.P. 11410 . Ciudad de México Tel. 
50805200 ext. 1037 y 1331  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ ], 2.10.1 [X], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Cannabis 
sativa, indica  and americana  or marijuana, resin, preparations, seed s, pharmacological 
derivatives and pr oducts for extensive industrial use containing cannabis derivatives in a 
concentration equal to or less than 1% of Te trahydrocannabinol (THC). (Tariff headings 
concerned : 13021902, 12099907, 12119002, 30034001, 30049033, 30039005, 
30044002).  
5. Title, num ber of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Reglamento de la 
Ley General de Salud en materia de Control Sanitario de la Cannabis y derivados de la 
mism a (Implementing Regulations to the General Law on Health with respect to the 
sanitary control of cannabis and derivatives thereof), 15 pages, in Spanish  
6. Description of content : The notified document contains regulations describing the 
pharmacological de rivatives of cannabis and setting out the requirements governing the 
marketing  of cannabis  for industrial use . It covers the following : sowing, cultivation, 
harvesting, preparation, consolidation, acquisition, possession, trade, any form of 
transportation,  supply,  employment,  use, consumption, and in general, any cannabis -
related activity conducted for medical and scientific research purposes . The Regulations are  
binding throughout national territory.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urg ent problems where 
applicable : To establish regulations  governing the sanitary control of cannabis and its 
pharmacological derivatives for medical and scientific purposes , and the sanitary 
requirements for the marketing, export and import of products for e xtensive industrial use 
containing cannabis derivatives in a concentration equal to or less than 1% of THC.  G/TBT/N/MEX/405  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 Reglamento de Insumos para la Salud  
 Reglamento de la Ley General de Salud en Materia de Investigación para la Salud  
 Reglamento de la Ley General de Salud en Materia de Publicidad  
 Reglamento de Control Sanitario de Productos y Servicios   
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : On the day following publication in the Official 
Journal  
10. Final date for comments : n/a 
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, 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  
Website : http://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad -negocios/normalizacion/catalogo -
mexicano -de-normas  
Email:  
normasomc@economia.gob.mx /sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx /jose.ramosr@economia.
gob.mx  
Text available from:  
http://www.cofemersimir.gob.mx/portales/resumen/43772  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/MEX/18_2315_00_s.pdf