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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/MEX/141
23 June 1999
(99-2545)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
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:  Wheat
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft amendment to the Mexican
Official Standard NOM-001-FITO-1995 Establis hing the Campaign Against Loose Smut of
Wheat (11 pages)
5. Description of content:  The purpose of this Official Standard is to establish the
phytosanitary measures which must be carried out in order to prevent, confine and control
loose smut of wheat, as well as the phytosanitary requirements that must be applied toprevent it spreading to areas that are free.  This Standard will apply to the following:
1. Wheat products and sub-products:  (a)  plants;  (b)  grain;  (c)  seed;  (d)  straw;
(e)  husks;
2. industrial processing centres:  (a)  flour mills;  (b)  factories manufacturing pastries
and biscuits;
3. areas of production:  (a)  fields producing wheat grain;  (b)  fields producing wheat
seed;
4. installations and implements:  (a)  wheat storage centres;  (b)  wheat harvesters;
(c)  sowers;  (d)  equipment for processing wheat seed;  (e)  other equipment used
in handling wheat grain and seed;
5. means of transporting wheat:  (a)  vehicles;  (b)  containers;
6. marketing:  (a)  enterprises marketing wheat grain;  (b)  enterprises marketing wheat
seed.
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/141
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8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Diario Oficial de la
Federación , (Official Journal), 6 May 1999 (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:  5 July 1999
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:           