G/TBT/N/USA/1758/Add.1  
 
9 November 2021  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  9 November 2021 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title: Onions Grown in South Texas and Imported Onions; Termination of Marketing Order 959 and 
Change in Import Requirements  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[X] Comment period changed - date:  8 December 2021; Proposed rule; Reopening of 
comment period  
[  ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[  ] Notified measure published - date:  
[  ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[  ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[  ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[X] Other: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg /FR-2021-11-08/html/2021 -24301.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-11-08/pdf/2021 -24301.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_7074_00_e.pdf  
 
Description:   
TITLE: Onions Grown in South Texas and Imported Onions; Termination of Marketing Order 959 and 
Change in Import Requirements  
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA  
ACTION: Proposed rule; Reopening of comment period  
SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Servic e (AMS) is providing an additional thirty (30) days for 
public comments on a proposed rule that would terminate the Federal marketing order regulating 
the handling of onions grown in South Texas and the rules and regulations issued thereunder. A 
correspond ing change would be made to the onion import regulation as required under section 8e 
 
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  of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937. Reopening the comment period gives 
interested persons an additional opportunity to comment on the proposed termination . 
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published on 5 August 2021, at 86 FR 42748, is 
reopened. Comments must be received by 8 December 2021.  
This proposed rule; reopening of comment period and the proposed rule notified as 
G/TBT/N/USA/1758  are identi fied by Docket Number AMS -SC-21-0003. The Docket Folder is 
available on Regulations.gov at  https://www.regulations.gov/docket/AMS -SC-21-0003/document  
and provides access to primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also 
accessible from  Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and their 
stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the  USA TBT Enquiry Point . Comments received by 
the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with the 
regulator and will also be submitted to the  Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment 
period.  
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