G/SPS/N/MEX/207/Add.7  
 
23 November 2017  
(17-6391) Pages: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 23 November 2017, is being circulated at the request of 
the delegation of Mexico . 
 
_______________  
 
 
Replies to the comments received on the draft amendment to Mexican Official Standard NOM -144-
SEMARNAT -2012, "Establishing the internationally recognized phytosanitary measures for wood 
packaging material used in international trade in goods and merchandise ", which is to become  
Mexican Official Standard NOM -144-SEMARNAT -2015, "Establishing internationally recognized 
phytosanitary measures and marking requirements for wood packaging material used in 
international trade in goods and merchandise ". 
Please be ad vised that, at the end of the relevant public consultation period, the Ministry of the 
Environment and Natural Resources of the Government of Mexico published the replies to the 
comments received on the draft amendment to Mexican Official Standard NOM -144-SEMARNAT -
2012, "Establishing the internationally recognized phytosanitary measures for wood packaging 
material used in international trade in goods and merchandise", which is to become  Mexican 
Official Standard NOM -144-SEMARNAT -2015, "Establishing internat ionally recognized 
phytosanitary measures and marking requirements for wood packaging material used in 
international trade in goods and merchandise" . The draft amendment was  published in the Official 
Journal on 4 December 2015.  
Text available at: https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/MEX/17_5197_00_s.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of  adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ]  Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ]  Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ]  Change in proposed date of adoption, publication, or date of entry int o force  
[ ]  Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, 
the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): Not applicable.  G/SPS/N/MEX/207/Add.7  
- 2 - 
  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:  
Dirección General de Normas  (General Director ate 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  
Email:  ormasomc@economia.gob.mx  
 sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
 jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5505096&fecha=21/11/2017   
Text(s) available from: [ ]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
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  
Email:  normasomc@economia.gob.mx  
 sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
 jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5505096&fecha=21/11/2017   
__________