. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/MEX/11
20 February 2002
(02-0861)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  MEXICO
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 y 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture, Stockbreeding, Rural Development,
Fisheries, and Food.
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:     Contact point:
DGN/SE.        
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [  X ], 5.6.2 [     ], 5.7.1 [     ], other:
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Yellowfin tuna.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Emergency Mexican
Official Standard NOM-EM-04-PESC-2001, Incidental Capture of Juvenile Specimens of
Yellowfin Tuna ( Thunnus albacares ) and Bigeye Tuna ( Thunnus obesus ) in the Eastern
Pacific Ocean and in the Atlantic Ocean, Including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.
Requirements for Marketing Tuna, Tuna Products and By-Products in the National
Territory. (7 pages, Spanish)
6. Description of content: This Emergency Mexican Official Standard is intended to promote
the optimal harvesting of tuna fish while reducing the incidental catch of juvenile specimens
of yellowfin tuna ( Thunnus albacares ) and bigeye tuna ( Thunnus obesus ).
This Standard is mandatory for those who engage in tuna fishing activities using
purse-seine vessels that operate in waters under Mexican federal jurisdiction and using
purse-seine tuna vessels under the Mexican flag that operate in international waters or inwaters under the jurisdiction of other countries of the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Atlantic
Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.
The Standard will also be mandatory, where applicable, for those engaged in the
processing and distribution—through to the fi nal destination—of tuna, tuna products and
by-products resulting from catches made with the vessels specified in Section 1.2 of thisStandard. The Standard will also be mandatory for those who market tuna, tuna products
and by-products in the national territory.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Preservation of natural resources.
8. Relevant documents:   Diario Oficial de la Federación (Official Journal), 21 August 2001.G/TBT/N/MEX/11
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  On the day after its publication in the Official Journal
(22 August 2001).
Proposed date of entry into force:  To remain in effect for 6 months after its publication.
10. Final date for comments:   N/A.
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses (if available) of the other body:
WEB: http//www.economia-normas.gob.mx (Catalogue of standards).