G/SPS/N/USA/2782/Add.1  
 
2 March 2016  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 2 March 2016, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Notice: Recognizing European Union and EU member State Regionalization Decisions for African 
Swine Fever by Updating the APHIS List of Regions Affected with African Swine Fever (Docket 
No. APHIS-2015-0011) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it added European Union (EU) and EU member State-defined regions of the European Union to the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS) list of regions affect ed with African swine fever (ASF). Going forward 
APHIS will recognize as affected with ASF any re gion of the European Union that the European 
Union or any EU member State has placed under restriction because of detection of ASF. These 
regions currently include portions of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland, and all of Sardinia. 
APHIS will list the EU- and EU member State-defined regions as a single entity. We also removed Sardinia as an individually listed region from the APHIS list of ASF affected regions. We took these actions because of the detection of ASF in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland. 
The notice is available in English at: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-
2015-0011-0003 . 
Federal Register/Vol. 81, No. 35/Tuesday, 23 February 2016/Pgs. 8895-8896. 
In a notice published in the Federal Register on 31 August 2015 (80 FR 52440-52441, Docket 
No. APHIS-2015-0011), APHIS amended the list of regions where ASF exists or is reasonably believed to exist by adding a new entry that reads "Any restricted zone in the European Union (EU) 
established by the EU or any EU Member State because of detection of African swine fever in 
domestic or feral swine". Comments on the notice were required to be received on or before 30 October 2015. APHIS received one comment by that date. 
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[ ] 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 
[X] Other:   G/SPS/N/USA/2782/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) : Effective Date: The addition of the EU- and EU member State-defined 
regions to the APHIS list of regions affected with ASF was effective 31 August 
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: 
Mr Donald Link, Import Risk Analyst, Regionalization Evaluation Services, National Import Export 
Services, Veterinary Services, APHIS, 920 Main Campus Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27606; 
+(919) 855 7731; Donald.B.Link@aphis.usda.gov  
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 Authority, 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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