 
 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/MEX/204/Add.1 
10 June 2004 
 
 (04-2528) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
Addendum 
  
 The following communication, received on 8 June 2004, is being circulated at the request of 
the delegation of Mexico. 
 
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Notice of extension of Emergency Mexican  Official Standard NOM-EM-144-SEMARNAT-2003 
Establishing the Technical Specifications for the Ph ytosanitary Measure (Treatment) and Use of the 
Mark Accrediting the Application Thereof in Relati on to Wood Packaging Material in International 
Trade 
 
 In view of the need to protect natural res ources and plant health and taking into account the 
continued validity of the reasons for the issue of Emergency Mexican Official Standard NOM-EM-
144-SEMARNAT-2003 "Establishing the Technical Speci fications for the Phytosanitary Measure 
(Treatment) and Use of the Mark Accrediting the Ap plication Thereof in Rela tion to Wood Packaging 
Material in International Trade", published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) 
on 26 November 2003 and circulated to Members of the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary 
Measures of the World Trade Organization as a notification with the symbol G/TBT/N/MEX/204 and dated 10 December 2003, the Mexican Government, th rough the Ministry of the Environment and 
Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), deems it necessary, pursuant to Article 48 of the Federal Law on Metrology and Standardization, to extend its  period of validity for a further six months. 
To this end, the Mexican Government publishe d the respective notice of extension in the 
Official Journal on 25 May 2004.  The above-mentione d emergency standard will therefore remain in 
effect until 25 November 2004. 
The texts of this Regulation and the notice of  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: 
WTO Enquiry Point 
General Directorate of Standards (DGN)  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. 4156 Fax: (5255) 5520-9715 
E-mail: cidgn@economia.gob.mx  
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