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Principal laws and decisions composing Mexico's legal framework for sanitary and phytosanitary measures: Decision determining the classification and coding of goods whose import or export are subject to regulation by the agencies composing the Interministerial Commission on control of the processing and use of pesticides, fertilizers and toxic substances.

Consultation of requirements and the granting of certificates differ depending on the type of product and the requirement to be certified, whether sanitary, phytosanitary, animal health,aquaculture, etc. Since the previous Review, certain procedures have been streamlined as far as consultation of phytosanitary, animal health and aquaculture requirements is concerned. The procedures for import and obtaining certificates for the major categories of product are described
below: For wildlife;  species;  and their products, and forest;  products, a forestry phytosanitary import certificate, issued by the DG of forestry and soil management, is required. The Decision determining the classification and coding of goods whose import is subject to regulation by SEMARNAT identifies those products subject to: a permit or certificate under the Convention on International Trade in Wild species; of Fauna and Flora ( CITES ) 265 ; an import authorization issued by the DG of wildlife;  ; or a phytosanitary certificate issued by the DG of forestry and soil; Management or other SEMARNAT offices (Articles 1, 2 and 5 of the Decision).

These include the PROSEC programmes and their tariff concessions, as well as the tax concessions concerning payment of IR and IETS, consumption of diesel fuel and the import of environmentally -friendly machinery

Mexico also grants tax incentives for: payment of the ISR and the IEPS, consumption of diesel fuel, use ofenvironmentally -friendly machinery, inter alia (Table 3.15). 

Tax incentives for generating energy from renewable sources: 100% depreciation allowed for machinery and equipment used to generate energy from renewable sources.

Immediate income tax deduction for investment in new fixed assets outside the metropolitan areas of Monterrey, Guadalajara and the Federal District. This restriction does not apply to companies that do not require intensive use of water for their production and which use clean technology for their polluting emissions.

Financial support is also provided to promote clean energy and for research and development of technology (Table A3.3)

Invitations to bid involving at least three persons or direct award of a contract may apply, inter alia, when (Article 41 of the LAASSP):· there is a risk to social order, the economy, public services, health, security or the environment in Mexico as a result of an event of force majeure;

Mexico's agricultural policy, which is the responsibility of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishing and Food (SAGARPA), was reorganized between 2007 and 2012 and now has five basic objectives: (i) to raise the level of human and material development of the rural population; (ii) to supply the domestic market with high-quality food; (iii) to improve the incomes of agricultural producers by increasing their presence in global markets and linking them into value-added processes and the production of bio - energy crops; (iv) reversing the deterioration of the ecosystems; and (v) managing the harmonious development of the rural market. 412

The following SAGARPA programmes are subject to rules of operation: (i) Support for Investment in Equipment and Infrastructure; (ii) Support for Agricultural Incomes: PROCAMPO for a Better Life; (iii) Risk Prevention and Management; (iv) Capacity Building, Technological Innovation and Rural Extension; (v) Sustainability of Natural Resources ; and (vi) Action together with Federative Entities in the Area of Investment, Sustainability and Capacity Building.