WORLD TRADE G/SPS/N/MEX/116
21November 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-4942)
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): Vaccines, antigens
andreagents
4. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican Official Standard
NOM-053-ZOO-1995, Minimum Requirements forVaccines, Antigens andReagents
Used inthePrevention andControl ofFootandMouth Disease (10pages)
5. Description ofcontent: Thepurpose ofthisMexican Official Standard istoestablish the
minimum requirements forvaccines, antigens andreagents usedintheprevention and
control offootandmouth disease. Itapplies toallvaccines, antigens andreagents of
domestic orforeign origin usedintheprevention andcontrol offootandmouth disease.
6. Objective andrationale: Animal 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: Diario Oficial dela
Federación (Official Journal) of9October 1996 (Spanish)
9. Proposed date ofadoption: Tobedetermined
10. Proposed date ofentry intoforce: Tobedetermined
11. Final date forcomments: 9January 1997
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments:
12. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, telefax number andE-mail
address (ifavailable) ofother body: