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Summary of the matter addressed in the submission:
The Submission asserts that the Government of Mexico is failing to effectively enforce its environmental laws with regard to control, inspection, investigation, and risk assessment of transgenic maize in Chihuahua, Mexico.
The Submitters further assert, inter alia, that Mexican authorities are failing to effectively enforce the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety; the Mexican Biosafety Law on Genetically Modified Organisms (Ley de Bioseguridad de Organismos Genéticamente Modificados); the Mexican General Law of Ecological Equilibrium and Environmental Protection (Ley General del Equilibrio y la Protección al Ambiente); and the Mexican Federal Penal Code (Código Penal Federal). The Submitters moreover assert “that Mexican authorities are failing to adopt measures that ensure an adequate level of protection of native and hybrid maize from genetically modified seeds” in Chihuahua, Mexico. The Submitters also allege that there is evidence of transgenic maize being imported, distributed and grown in the state of Chihuahua in contravention of the Mexican laws at issue.
The CEC Secretariat is currently reviewing the submission to determine whether it meets the criteria of NAAEC Article 14(1). If the Secretariat determines that the Submission meets the criteria of NAAEC Article 14(1), it will assess whether to request a response from Mexico in accordance with NAAEC Article 14(2). If the Submission does not meet the criteria of NAAEC Article 14(1), the Secretariat may give the Submitter an opportunity to remedy defects, failing which the process will be terminated.
The Secretariat’s Executive Director, Mr. Felipe Adrián Vázquez-Gálvez, has recused himself from involvement in all matters related to this submission.
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Submitter(s)
Frente Democrâtico Campesino, Unión Nacional de Productores Agropecuarios, Comerciantes, Industriales y prestadores de Servicio El Barzón, A.C., Centro de Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres, A.C., Greenpeace Mexico, A.C., Helena Iturribarría, et al.
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