. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1931 
16 June 2009  
 (09-2930) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the US 
Department of Agriculture 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Animals and animal products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[   ] All trading partners, or 
[ X ] Specific regions or countries:  Saxony, Germany  
5. Title of the notified document:  Notice of Availability of an Evaluation of the Highly 
Pathogenic Avian Influenza Subtype H5N1  Status of Saxony, Germany (Docket 
No. APHIS-2008-0121)  Language:  English  Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the 
public that the Agency has prepared an evalua tion of the animal health status of Saxony, 
Germany, relative to the H5N1 subtype of hi ghly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).  The 
evaluation presents our assessment of the HPAI H5N1 detection, control, and eradication 
measures in place in Saxony, Germany, during an outbreak of  HPAI in 2008, as well as our 
assessment of the present status of Saxony, Germany, with respect to HPAI subtype H5N1.  We are making this evaluation available to the public for review and comment.  If, after the close of the comment period, APHIS can iden tify no additional risk factors that would 
indicate that domestic poultry in Saxony, German y, continue to be affected with HPAI 
H5N1, we would conclude that the importation of live birds, poultry carcasses, parts of 
carcasses, and eggs (other than hatching eggs) of poultry, game birds, or other birds from 
the affected region of Saxony, Germany, pr esents a low risk of introducing HPAI H5N1 
into the United States. 
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.    G/SPS/N/USA/1931 
Page 2  
 
  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 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 N°)     
[ X ] None 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:  Federal 
Register:  12 June 2009 (Volume 74, Number  112), Notices Pages 28008-28009.  Available 
online in English at:  http://edocket.access.gpo. gov/2009/E9-13840.htm  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Propose 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) :  Not applicable 
[   ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  13 July 2009 
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:   You may submit comments by either of the following methods: 
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:  Go to http://www.regulations.gov/  and search on the 
docket number (APHIS–2008-0121) to submit  or view comments and to view 
supporting and related materials available electronically. 
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:  Please send two copies of your comment to 
Docket No. APHIS–2008–0121, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.  Please state that your comment refers to Docket No. APHIS–2008–0121. 
For further information contact:  Dr. Julia Punderson, Regionalizati on Evaluation Services 
Staff, National Center for Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 38, 
Riverdale, MD 20737-1231;  +1(301) 734 4356 
13. Texts 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, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  
us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov