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9 August  2019 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
COMMUNICATION FROM M EXICO  
SELF -DECLARATION AS A COUNTRY FREE FROM  
FOWL TYPHOID AND PUL LORUM DISEASE  
COMMUNICATION FROM MEXICO  
The following communication, dated 8  August  2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Mexico . 
 
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1.  Pursuant to Article 6 of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures 
on the subject of regional conditions,  including  pest- or disease -free areas  or areas of low pest or 
disease prevalence, and in keeping with the principle of transpar ency, we hereby notify the 
"Self-declaration by Mexico as a pullorum disease - and fowl typhoid -free country in poultry " 
submitted to the World Organi sation for Animal Health (OIE) on  9 May 2019 and published on the 
OIE web portal on 23 May 2019 . 
2.  The authority responsible for the self-declaration is the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development (SADER) , acting through t he National Agriculture and Food Health, Safety and Quality 
Service  (SENASICA) . 
3.  WTO Members are asked to use this self -declaration as a refe rence in their commercial dealings 
with respect to livestock products from Mexico . 
4.  This communication is being submi tted for purposes of transparency and in order to provide 
Members with further information on the current regulatory process in Mexico . 
5.  The document is available at : 
http://www.oie.int/fileadmin/Home/esp/Animal_Health_in_the_World/docs/pdf/Self -
declarations/2019_06_Mex_FTypPulD_sp.PDF ; 
http://www.oie.int/fileadmin/Home/esp/Animal_Health_in_the_World/docs/pdf/Self -
declarations/2019_06_Mex_FTypPulD_SP.PDF . 
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