. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/MEX/220 
20 August 2009 
 (09-3958) 
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, Ganaderí a, 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):  Cattle and other livestock species 
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:  PROY-NOM-067-ZOO-2007, Campaña nacional para la 
prevención y control de la rabia en bovinos y especies ganaderas (Draft Mexican Official 
Standard PROY-NOM-067-ZOO-2007, National cam paign for the prevention and control 
of rabies in cattle and other livestock species) Language:  Spanish  Number of pages:  36 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/MEX/09_2905_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The enforcement of this Standard is the responsibility of the 
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food, the state 
governments, the state committees for livestock promotion and protection, and the Ministry 
of the Environment and Natural Resources, with in the scope of their respective powers and 
territories and in accordance with the respective coordination agreements. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  The purpose of this draft Standard is to establish the animal health 
specifications, and criteria, strategies and operative techniques for diagnosing, preventing 
and controlling rabies in livestock species that are at risk of contracting the disease from the 
common vampire bat ( Desmodus rotundus ). 
The Standard is applicable to owners of ca ttle and other livestock species at risk, such as 
horses, sheep, goats and pigs. 
The campaign provided for in the Standard is aimed at the diagnosis, prevention and 
control of the form of rabies that is tr ansmitted to cattle and other livestock species by 
vampire bats.  Measures shall include the vaccination of livestock against the disease and 
the control of the vampire bat population. G/SPS/N/MEX/220 
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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 6 July 2008:  http://www.dof.gob.mx (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:  [ X] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [ X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  18 October 2009 
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 Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de Protección Zoosanitaria 
Municipio Libre número 377, piso 7, ala A Colonia Santa Cruz Atoyac Delegación Benito Juárez 
C.P. 03310, México, D.F. 
E-mail: saguilar@sen asica.sagarpa.gob.mx 
Website:  http://www.sagarpa.gob.mx/Paginas/default.aspx
 
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