G/SPS/N/USA/2699/Add.1  
 
9 July 2015  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 8 July 2015, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Final Rule: Importation of Beef From a Region in Argentina (Docket No. APHIS-2014-0032) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Servic e is amending the regulations governing the 
importation of certain animals, meat, and other animal products to allow, under certain conditions, 
the importation of fresh (chilled or frozen) beef from a region in Argentina located north of Patagonia South and Patagonia North B, referred to as Northern Argentina. Based on the evidence 
in a recent risk analysis, we have determined that fresh (chilled or frozen) beef can be safely 
imported from Northern Argentina, subject to certain conditions. This action provides for the importation of beef from Northern Argentina into  the United States, while continuing to protect 
the United States against the introduction of foot-and-mouth disease. 
This notice is available in English at: http://www.regulations.gov/ #!documentDetail;D=APHIS-
2014-0032-0372 . 
Federal Register Vol. 80, No. 127, Thursday, 2 July 2015, pages 37935-37953 
In a proposed rule published in the Federal Register (79 FR 51508-51514, Docket 
No. APHIS-2014-0032) on 29 August 2014, we proposed to also allow the importation of fresh (chilled or frozen) beef from Northern Argentina under those conditions found in §94.29 of the 
regulations. We solicited comments concerning our proposal for 60 days ending 28 October 2014. 
We reopened and extended the deadline for comments until 29 December 2014, in a document published in the Federal Register on 31 October 2014 (79 FR 64687-64688, Docket 
No. APHIS-2014-0032). We received 295 comments by that date. 
To view the proposed rule, the supporting risk an alysis, economic analysis, and the comments we 
received, go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0032 . 
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of  previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force 
[ ] Other:   G/SPS/N/USA/2699/Add.1 
 
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  Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potent ially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, norm ally of at least 60 calendar days. Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of or iginally announced final date for comments, 
the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : This rule is effective 1 September 2015. 
Agency or authority designated to handle co mments: [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax nu mber and e-mail address (if available) of 
other body: 
Dr. Silvia Kreindel, Senior Staff Veterinarian, Regional Evaluation Services Staff,  
National Import Export Services, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; 
+ 1 (301) 851-3313.  
Text(s) available from: [X] National Notificati on Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e-mail addre ss (if available) of other body: 
United States SPS National Notification Auth ority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service,  
International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1014, Washington D.C. 20250; 
Tel: +(1 202) 720 1301; Fax: +(1 202) 720 0433; E-mail: us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov  
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