G/SPS/N/USA/2782  
 
17 September 2015  
(15-4772)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Swine and swine products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries: European Union  
5. Title of the notified document: African Swine Fever; European Union and EU Member 
State Regionalization Decisions; Updating APHIS List of Regions Affected  Language(s): 
English  Number of pages: 2 
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docu mentDetail;D=APH IS-2015-0011-0001  
6. Description of content: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the 
public that it is adding the European Union (EU) and the EU member State-defined 
regions of the European Union to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 
(APHIS) list of regions affected with Africa n swine fever (ASF). APHIS will recognize as 
affected with ASF any region of the European  Union that the EU or any EU member State 
has placed under restriction because of the 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. It is therefore 
removing Sardinia as an individually listed region from the APHIS list of ASF affected 
regions. APHIS is taking this action because of the detection of ASF in Estonia, Latvia, 
Lithuania, and Poland. 
Federal Register, Vol. 80, No. 168, Monday, 31 August 2015, pgs 52440-52441. 
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 st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None G/SPS/N/USA/2782 
 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [ ] No If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:     
10. Proposed date of adoption (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 is 
effective 31 August 2015. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
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 is effective 31 August 2015. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 30 October 2015 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number 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; Tel: +(919) 855 7731; E-mail: Donald.B.Link@aphis.usda.gov 
You may submit comments by either of the following methods: 
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0011 .  
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to Docket No. APHIS-2015-0011, 
Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. 
Any comments we receive may be viewed at 
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0011 . 
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (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