G/SPS/N/USA/3088  
 
20 June 2019  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AME RICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Live bovines and beef  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading  partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Nicaragua  
5. Title of the notified document:  Concurrence with OIE  Risk Designation for Bovine 
Spongiform Encephalopathy [Docket No. APHIS -2018-0087] . Language(s):  English . 
Number of pages:  2 
https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS -2018-0087-0001 
6. Description of content:  APHIS is advising the public of its preliminary concurrence with 
the World Organiz ation for Animal Health's (OIE) bovine spongiform encephalopathy 
(BSE) risk designation for Nicaragua. The OIE recognizes this region as being of negligible 
risk for BSE. APHIS is taking this action based on its review of information supporting the 
OIE's r isk designation for this region. (Federal Register Vol. 84, No. 116, Monday, 17 June 
2019, pp. 28001 -28002)  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code, 
Chapter 2.1.1.  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulat ion conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/USA/3088  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 16 August 2019  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enqui ry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
Dr Kari Coulson, Senior Staff Veterinarian, Strategy and Policy, VS, APHIS, 920 Main 
Campus Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27606; +(919) 480 9876; E -mail: 
kari.f.coulson@usda.gov  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS -2018-0087-0001