G/TBT/N/USA/1758  
6 August 2021  
(21-6105) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Department of Agriculture 
(USDA) [1787]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 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):  Onions; 
Fresh or chilled onions and shallots (HS 070310); Processes in the food industry (ICS 
67.020), Fruits. Vegetables (ICS 67.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Onions Grown 
in South Texas and Imported Onions; Te rmination of Marketing Order 959 and Change in 
Import Requirements (4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - This rule invites comments on the proposed 
termination of the  Federal marketing order regulating the handling of onions g rown 
in South Texas and the rules and regulations issued thereunder. A  corresponding change 
would be made to the onion import regulation as  required under section 8e of the 
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act  of 1937.  
7. Objective and rationale, includin g the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:  86 Federal Register (FR) 42748, 5 August 2021; Title 7 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 959 and 980:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-08-05/html/2021 -16495.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-08-05/pdf/2021 -16495.pdf   
This proposed rule is identified 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 an d 
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.  G/TBT/N/USA/1758  
 
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  G/TBT/Notif.96/45  - Vegetables; Import Regulations;  Modification of Regulatory Time -
Periods for Imported Onions:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -1996-02-09/html/96 -2751.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -1996-02-09/pdf/96 -2751.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  4 October 2021  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_5087_00_e.pdf