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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/MEX/216 
17 June 2009 
 (09-2947) 
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 Salud (Ministry of Health) 
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):  The notified draft Emergency Standard establishes the specifications, criteria 
and procedures for reducing the risk of inf ection, disease, complications and death from 
vector-borne diseases. 
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-003-SSA2-2008, Para la vigilancia 
epidemiológica, prevención y control de enfermedades transmitidas por vector  
(Emergency Mexican Official Standard NOM -EM-003-SSA2-2008 on the epidemiological 
surveillance, prevention and control of vector-borne diseases). 
Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  35 
Text available at:  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/MEX/09_1637_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified Emergency Standard is binding throughout national 
territory on health service personnel in the pub lic, social and private sectors of the National 
Health System who are involved in the surve illance, prevention and control of the diseases 
covered by this Standard. 
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 notified Emergency Standard addresses gene ral aspects pertaining to the surveillance, 
prevention, protection and control of the six diseases covered and sets forth specific information on each.  This Standard is also in tended to assist the functional integration into 
the National Health System of activities implem ented in the framework of decentralization 
and the current National Health Programme. G/SPS/N/MEX/216 
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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 N°)  
[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  (Official Journal) of 30 Septembe r 2008.  Available in Spanish at: 
http://www.dof.gob.mx . 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined 
Propose 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) :  On the day after publication 
[ ] 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 handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalizaci ón de Prevención y Control de Enfermedades 
Centro Nacional de Vigilancia Epid emiológica y Control de Enfermedades 
Benjamín Franklin No. 132, 1er. Piso Col. Escandón, Deleg. Miguel Hidalgo 
Distrito Federal, México 
Tel.: +(52 55) 2614-6461 E-mail: jiarre1@hotmail.com Website: http://portal.salud.gob.mx/
 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
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