. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/882 
29 March 2004 
 (04-1417) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Department of Agriculture-An imal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service -APHIS 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Clementines, mandarins and tangerines 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Chile 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Importation of 
Clementines, Mandarins, and Tangerines from Chile (Available in English, pp. 13262-
13269),  http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor/all.html  
6. Description of content:  The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to 
amend the fruits and vegetables regulations  to allow the importation, under certain 
conditions, of clementines, mandarins, and ta ngerines from Chile into the United States. 
Based on the evidence in a recent pest ri sk assessment and an accompanying risk 
management document, we believe these articles can be safely imported from all provinces 
of Chile, provided certain conditions are met. This action would provide for the 
importation of clementines, mandarins, and ta ngerines from Chile into the United States 
while continuing to protect the United States against the introduction of plant pests. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from other 
damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  Available in English 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined. G/SPS/N/USA/882 
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 12. Final date for comments:  21 May 2004 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   Please submit comments to Docket No. 02-081-2, Regulatory 
Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3c71, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 
Riverdale, MD 10737-1238 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail add ress (if available) of other body:  Ms. Julie 
Morin, United States SPS Enquiry Point O fficer, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
Food Safety and Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington, DC  20250.  Tel: 
(202) 720-4051, Fax: (202) 720-7772, Email: fstsd@fas.usda.gov