WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/MEX/187/Add.1
18 December 2002
(02-6990)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
Addendum
The following communication, dated 16 December 2002, has been received from Mexico.
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Extension of Mexican Official Emergency Standard NOM-EM-016-ZOO-2002, National Campaign
Against Avian Influenza
In view of the need to protect national poultry farming against avian influenza (a contagious
and fatal viral disease which affects and causes a high level of morbidity and mortality among
domestic and wild fowl) given that there is still a risk of the disease spreading towards some areas of
the country which are recognized as disease-free but in which vaccination is not practised, meaning
that there is an immediate high risk of infection, the Government of Mexico, through the Ministry ofAgriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food, has decided, pursuant to Article 48
of the Federal Law on Metrology and Standardization, to extend for a further six months the period of
validity of Mexican Official Emergency Standard NOM-EM-016-ZOO-2002, "National Campaign
Against Avian Influenza", published in the Official Journal  (Diario Oficial de la Federación ) of
24 May 2002 and circulated to the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures as a
notification with the symbol G/SPS/N/MEX/187 and dated 18 June 2002.
The text of this Regulation and the notice of the extension are available in Spanish in the
Standards Catalogue, which can be found on the Web site www.economia.gob.mx/?P=85 , and from
the National Enquiry Point, the contact details of which are as follows:
General Directorate of Standards (DGN) Information Centre
Ministry of the Economy
Puente de Tecamachalco #6
Col. Lomas de Tecamachalco, Sección Fuentes
Naucalpan, Edo. de México, C.P.  53950
Tel.:  (5255) 5729-9300, ext. 4156Fax:  (5255) 5520-9715
E-mail:  cidgn@economia.gob.mx
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