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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1912/Add.2 
20 January 2010  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 18 January 2010, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the United States
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Final Rule, Delay of Effective Date:  Change in Disease Status of the Republic of Korea with Regard 
to Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Rinderpest (Docket No. APHIS-2008-0147)  
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture published a final rule in the Federal Register on 28 December 2009 to add the Republic of 
Korea to the list of regions that are considered  free of rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) 
and the list of regions that are subject to certain import restrictions on meat and meat products because 
of their proximity to or trading relationships with ri nderpest or FMD affected countries.  The final rule 
was scheduled to become effective on 12 January  2010.  However, due to an outbreak of FMD 
reported by the Republic of Korea on 6 January 2010, we are delaying indefinitely the effective date 
of the final rule.  This delay will allow the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to consider the 
issues raised by this development and d ecide what subsequent actions to take. 
 This final rule is available in English at:  Federal Register:  13 January 2010 (Volume 75, 
Number 8) Notices Page 1697.  To view online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , 
select 2010 FR Vol. 75, and type "page 1697" in the search box (with quotation marks). 
 This action is subsequent to a final rule published in the Federal Register on 28 December 
2009 (75 FR 68478–68480, Docket No. APHIS–2008–0147), in which APHIS announced it was 
amending the regulations in 9 CFR part 94 concerning the importation of animals and animal products 
by adding the Republic of Korea (South Korea) to  the list of regions declared free of FMD and 
rinderpest.  We also added the Republic of Korea to th e list of regions that are declared to be free of 
these diseases, but that are subject to certain restri ctions because of their proximity to or trading 
relationships with rinderpest or FMD-affected regions.  (To view this notice online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2009 FR Vol. 74, and search on "page 68478" 
(with quotation marks).) 
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 [ X ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force 
[   ] Other:   G/SPS/N/USA/1912/Add.2 
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  Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e 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) :  Not applicable 
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: 
For further information contact:  Dr. Julia Punde rson, Senior Staff Veterinarian, Regionalization 
Evaluation Services, National Center for Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 38, 
Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; +1 (301) 734-4356 
Text available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
United States SPS National Notification Authority, US DA Foreign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 10 27, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 
1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-ma il:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov 
   
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