. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/MEX/221 
20 August 2009 
 (09-3964) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:   MEXICO
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganad ería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y 
Alimentación , SAGARPA (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, 
Fisheries and Food) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Monitoring programme 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners, or 
[ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  NOM-EM-047-FITO-2009, Por la que se establecen las 
acciones fitosanitarias para mitigar el riesgo de introducción y dispersión del 
Huanglongbing (HLB) de los cítr icos (candidatus liberibacter  spp.) en el territorio 
nacional  (Emergency Mexican Official Standard NOM-EM-047-FITO-2009 establishing 
phytosanitary measures to mitig ate the risk of the introduction and spread of citrus 
huanglongbing (HLB) ( Candidatus Liberibacter  spp.) in Mexican territory) Language: 
Spanish  Number of pages:  8 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/MEX/09_2911_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Phytosanitary measures established by the Ministry of 
Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food, through the National 
Agriculture and Food Health, Safety and Qu ality Service (SENASICA), to prevent the 
introduction and spread of HLB in Mexican territory. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  The purpose of the notified Standard is to establish phytosanitary 
measures for the implementation of a mon itoring programme that includes sampling, 
diagnosis, inspection and surveillance with a vi ew to the timely detection of the possible 
introduction and spread of HLB in Mexican  territory and, where appropriate, the 
application of phytosanitary measures to c ontrol the disease, including the delimitation of 
areas under phytosanitary control, the elimination of infected material, the application of 
vector-control methods, sampling, inspections, a nd restriction and/or control in respect of 
the movement of plant material of speci es hosting the disease, in accordance with the 
"Protocol on emergency action in the event of the detection of Huanglongbing", which may be viewed by the general public on the SENAS ICA website as from the entry into force of 
the notified Standard. G/SPS/N/MEX/221 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[ ] World Organization 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: 
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  Diario Oficial 
de la Federación  (Mexican Official Journal) of 7 July 2008, http://www.dof.gob.mx  
(available in Spanish) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Si x months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  8 July 2009 
[ ] 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 handle comments:  [ X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería,  Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación 
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Protección Fitosanitaria Guillermo Pérez Valenzuela No. 127 Col. Del Carmen, Del. Coyoacán 
C.P:  04100, México D.F. 
Tel.:  59 05 10 00, Exts. 51323 and 51319 E-mail:  jtrujillo@senasica.sagarpa.gob.mx 
13. Texts available from:  [ X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Dirección General de Normas de la Secretaría de Economía  
(General Directorate of Standards of the Ministry of the Economy) 
Tel.:  +(52 55) 5729 9300, Ext. 43217 Fax:  +(52 55) 5520 9715 E-mail:  normasomc@economia.gob.mx 
Website:  http://www.dof.gob.mx