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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/MEX/170
5 March 2001
(01-1063)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  MEXICO
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, whereapplicable). Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Forestry products and by-products
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Emergency Mexican Official
Standard NOM-EM-002-RECNAT-2000, Establishing Guidelines for Phytosanitary
Requirements to be Met by Forestry Produc ts and By-Products, whenever they have not
been established by a specific Mexican Official Standard (11 pages)
5. Description of content:  This Emergency Mexican Official Standard establishes guidelines
for phytosanitary requirements to be met by imports of forestry products and by-products
included in Annex 1 of the Standard, and is compulsory throughout Mexican territory for allpotential importers.
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s):  Pursuant to the Federal Plant Health Act, phytosanitary
measures shall be applied to combat pests affecting timber yielding and non-timber yielding
forestry resources and raw materials.  Pursuant to the Act, minimum phytosanitary
conditions and requirements shall be determined for the importation of plants, and products
and by-products thereof, whenever the phytosanitary risk or situation faced is not providedfor in a specific Official Standard.
The growth in international trade in forestry products and by-products increases the
likelihood of quarantine pests being introduced into Mexico, constituting a serious potential
economic and environmental risk.  The establishment of phytosanitary requirements for
imports of forestry products and by-products is a means of preventing the introduction of
quarantine pests.
8. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give its appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available :  Diario Oficial de la
Federación  (Official Journal), 18 January 2001 (available in Spanish).G/SPS/N/MEX/170
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10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  On the day following
publication in the Official Journal (19 January 2001), valid for six months.
11. Texts available from/and agency or authority designated to handle comments:
[    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point or address, fax
number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Website:  http://www.secofi.gob.mx/dgn1.html (Standards catalogue)