WORLD TRADE G/SPS/N/MEX/130
21October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4589)
Committee onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION
1. Member toAgreement notifying: MEXICO
Ifapplicable, name oflocal government involved:
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofAgriculture, Livestock andRural Development
3. Products covered (tariff item number(s) asspecified innational schedules deposited with the
WTO. ICSnumbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Notapplicable
4. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican Official Standard
NOM-075-FITO-1997 Establishing Phytosanitary Requirements andSpecifications for
theTransport ofFruit-Fly HostFruits (6pages)
5. Description ofcontent: Thepurpose ofthisMexican Official Standard istoestablish the
phytosanitary procedures andrequirements forthetransport offruit-fly hostfruits in
order toprevent thispestfrom spreading toareas which arefreeorhave alow
prevalence offruitflies. Theprovisions oftheStandard willapply ingeographical areas
thatproduce such fruit classified inthephytosanitary categories offreeandlow-
prevalence areas; aswell asinareas under phytosanitary control interested in
transporting fruittoareas oflowprevalence orfreeoffruitflies, withthefollowing
specifications:
(a) Production areas offruit-fly hostfruit
- commercial orchards;
- fruittreesinurban areas, ecological reserves andwoodland areas.
(b) installations
- packing, industrial processing (juice andsegments);
- procuring, selecting andtreating processing offruit;
- phytosanitary treatment units.
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5. Description ofcontent (cont'd):
(c) means oftransport
- self-transporting offreight ingeneral.
(d) storage andmarketing centres
(e) other
- luggage, bagsorpackages containing fruit, motor vehicles ofallkinds,
atinternal checkpoints, railway terminals, passenger transportation, sea
ports, airports andfrontiers.
6. Objective andrationale: Plant health
7. Aninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation does notexist [X].
Ifaninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation exists, whenever possible,
identify deviations:
8. Relevant documents andlanguage(s) inwhich these areavailable: Official Journal of
1September 1997 (Spanish)
9. Proposed date ofadoption: Tobedetermined
10. Proposed date ofentry intoforce: Tobedetermined
11. Final date forcomments: 1December 1997
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments:
12. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, telefax number andE-mail
address (ifavailable) ofother body: