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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1912/Add.1 
14 January 2010  
 (10-0175) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 7 January  2010, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the United States
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Final rule:  Change in Disease Status of the Re public 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 is amending the regulations to add the Republic of Korea to the list of regions that are 
considered free of rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).  We are taking this action because 
we have conducted an evaluation a nd determined that the Republic of Korea is free of rinderpest and 
FMD.  We are also adding the Republic of Korea to 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 rinderpest - or FMD-affected countries.  Th ese actions will update the disease status of the 
Republic of Korea with regard to rinderpest and FMD while continuing to protect the United States 
from an introduction of those diseases by providing a dditional requirements for meat and other animal 
products imported into the United States from the Repub lic of Korea.  This final rule is effective 
12 January 2010.   
 This final rule is available in English a t: Federal Register: 28 December 2009 (Volume 74, 
Number 247) Notices Pages 68478-68480.  To view online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2009 FR Vol. 74, and type "68478" in the search 
box (with quotation marks).   
 This action is subsequent to a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on 
30 March 2009 (2009 FR Volume 74, Number 59, Pages 14093-14097, Docket No. APHIS–2008–0147), in which APHIS proposed to amend the regula tions by adding the Republic of Korea (South 
Korea) to the list of regions declared free of FM D and rinderpest.  We al so proposed to add the 
Republic of Korea to the list of regions that are d eclared to be free of these diseases, but that are 
subject to certain restrictions because of their proxim ity to or trading relations hips 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 type "14093" in the search 
box (with quotation marks)).  We solicited comme nts concerning our proposal for 60 days ending 
29 May 2009.  We did not receive any comments.  Therefore, for the reasons given in the proposed 
rule, we are adopting the proposed ru le as a final rule, without change. G/SPS/N/USA/1912/Add.1 
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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:   
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, [ X ] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
For further information contact: Dr. Julia Punders on, 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-mail :  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov  
 
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