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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/MEX/153
6 March 2000
(00-0832)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  MEXICO
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Grains and seeds
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Amendment of Mexican
Official Standard NOM-028-FITO-1995 Establishing Phytosanitary Requirements andSpecifications for the Importation of Grains and Seeds, Other than for Sowing (2 pages)
5. Description of content:  This Amendment of the Mexican Official Standard provides for
the following changes:
1. Requirement G098 from point  4.2.1.1 is added as follows:
Reg. No. Product Country        Additional  Phytosanitary
of origin      requirements    treatment
G098 Polished rice Thailand The international phytosani- Treatment
tary certificate must specify 302(d) or
that it is free of Khapra T302(d2) to be
Beetle ( Trogoderma applied at the
granarium) point of entry
into Mexico
2. The third table of point 4.2.1.2 is amended as follows:
Reg. No. Product Country of origin Customs post of entry
G019 Polished rice Argentina The following entry points are
G020 Polished rice      Uruguay authorized for these products:
G098 Polished rice      Thailand Veracruz, Ver., y Manzanillo. Col.
6. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  X ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           G/SPS/N/MEX/153
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8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Diario Oficial de la
Federación (Official Journal) of 9 February 2000 (available in Spanish)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined
11. Final date for comments:  9 April 2000
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification
authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:           
12. Texts available from: [  X ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Website:  http://www.secofi.gob.mx/dgn1.html