G/SPS/N/MEX/258  
 
22 May 2014  
(14-3063)  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 , SAGARPA (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 nu mbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Cattle and beehives 
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 Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-000-
ZOO-2011, Sistema Nacional de Identificación Animal para Bovinos y Colmenas  (DRAFT 
Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-000-ZOO-2011: National animal identification 
system for cattle and beehives)  Language(s):  Spanish  Number of pages: 17  
Text available at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.p hp?codigo=5344737&fecha=15/05/2014  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/MEX/14_2413_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The aim of the draft notified Mexican Official Standard is to 
establish the characteristics, specifications, procedures, activities and criteria for the permanent identification of cattle and beehives, with a view to strengthening health 
control, ensuring traceability and supporting the fight against cattle and beehive theft.  
All owners, exporters and importers of cattle an d beehives, as well as breeders, growers, 
dealers, feeders, marketers, suppliers, slaugh ter establishments, quarantine stations and 
animal health inspection centres, will be subj ect to the provisions of this Mexican Official 
Standard. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection,  
[ ] 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 number)   
[X] None G/SPS/N/MEX/258 
 
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  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:   
- Mexican Official Standard NOM-001-ZOO-1994: Campaña Nacional contra la Varroasis 
de las Abejas  (National campaign against bee varroasis); 
 NOM-002-ZOO-1994: Actividades técnicas y operativas aplicables al programa nacional 
para el control de la abeja Africana  (Technical and operational activities relating to the 
national programme for the control of the African bee); 
 NOM-024-ZOO-1995: Especificaciones y características zoosanitarias para el transporte 
de animales, sus productos y subproductos, productos químicos, farmacéuticos, 
biológicos y alimenticios para uso en animales o consumo por éstos  (Animal health 
requirements and specifications for the carriage of livestock, livestock products and by-products, and chemical, pharmaceutical, biological and food products for use on or 
consumption by livestock);   
 NOM-031-ZOO-1995: Campaña Nacional contra la Tuberculosis Bovina (Mycobacterium 
bovis) (National campaign against bovine tuberculosis ( Mycobacterium bovis )); 
 NOM-033-ZOO-1995: Sacrificio humanitario de los animales domésticos y silvestres  
(Humane killing of domestic and wild animals); 
 NOM-046-ZOO-1995: Sistema Nacional de Vigilancia Epidemiológica  (National 
epidemiological surveillance system); 
 NOM-054-ZOO-1996: Establecimiento de cuarentenas para animales y sus productos  
(Establishment of quarantine for animals and animal products); 
 NOM-058-ZOO-1999: Especificaciones para las instalaciones y operación de los puntos 
de verificación e inspección zoosanitaria  (Specifications for the facilities and operations 
of animal health verification and inspection centres); 
 NOM-067-ZOO-2007: Campaña nacional para la prevención y control de la rabia en 
bovinos y especies ganaderas  (National campaign for the prevention and control of 
rabies in cattle and other livestock species)  
 (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 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  14 July 2014 
Agency or authority designated to handle  comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
Comité Especializado en Ganadería 
Av. Cuauhtémoc No. 1230, piso 2-A 
Colonia Santa Cruz Atoyac, Delegación Benito Juárez Código postal 03310, México, D.F. 
E-mail: gabriel.huitron@sagarpa.gob.mx  
 eolivera.dgg@sagarpa.gob.mx  G/SPS/N/MEX/258 
 
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  13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail 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. 43220 E-mail: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  
Website: http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.p hp?codigo=5344737&fecha=15/05/2014