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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/MEX/142
23 June 1999
(99-2543)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  MEXICO
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Coffee
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Draft Amendment to the Mexican
Official Standard NOM–002–FITO–1995 Establis hing the Campaign against Coffee Seed
Borer (10 pages)
5. Description of content:  The purpose of this Official Standard is to establish the mandatory
regulations required to confine and control cases of infestation of coffee seed borer, below
the level of economic damage, and to prevent it from spreading to coffee-growing areas free
from the pests.  This Standard will apply to the following:
1. Plant products and subproducts of coffee:  (a) coffee cherry;  (b) unthreshed coffee;
(c) "Café oro";  (d) coffee pulp;  (e) coffee skins;  (f) plants forming parts of them;
2. industrial processing centres:  (a) dry processing centres;  (b) wet processing
centres;
3. warehouses and storage centres;
4. areas of production:  (a) coffee plantations;
5. means of transport:  (a) vehicles;  (b) containers;  (c) baskets;  (d) sacks;  (e) other
agricultural utensils.
6. Objective and rationale: [     ] food safety,  [     ] animal health, [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,[  X ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available :  Diario Oficial de la
Federación (Official Journal), 7 May 1999 (in Spanish)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determinedG/SPS/N/MEX/142
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10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined
11. Final date for comments:  6 July 1999
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification
authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:           
12. Texts available from: [  X ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:           