G/SPS/N/USA/3057  
 
5 April 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):  Animals and animal products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the  extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Proposed Rule:  Evaluation and Recognition of the 
Animal Health Status of Compartments [Docket No. APHIS -2017-0105] . Language(s):  
English . Number of pages:  5 
https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS -2017-0105-0001 
6. Description of content:  APHIS is  proposing to establish standards to allow it to 
recognize compartments for animal disease status, consistent with World Organization for 
Animal Health international standards. Under this proposed rule, when a foreign 
government submits a request for recogn ition of a compartment, APHIS would conduct a 
disease risk assessment based on a list of eight factors that closely parallel those we use 
when conducting regionalization evaluations, and would provide for public notice of and 
comment on the risk assessment . APHIS would also add provisions for imposing import 
restrictions and/or prohibitions when a compartment it has recognized as disease -free 
experiences an outbreak and for lifting those sanctions once the outbreak has been 
controlled. These proposed standa rds would provide a tool that may be used to preserve 
international trade when regionalization is not feasible. (Federal Register Vol. 84, No. 64, 
Wednesday, 3 April 2019, pages 12955 -12959)  
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) : 2016 OIE Terrestrial Animal Health 
Code, volume 1, Chapter 4.4: Application of Compartmental ization  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  G/SPS/N/USA/3057  
 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
interna tional standard:   
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) : 3 June 2019  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
Dr Lisa Rochette, Staff Officer, Regionalization Evaluation Services, Strategy and Policy,  
VS, APHIS, 920 Main Campus Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27606; Tel: +(919) 855 
7276; E -mail: lisa.t.rochette@aphis.usda.gov  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail addre ss (if available) of other body:   
https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS -2017-0105-0001