. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1932 
24 June 2009  
 (09-3091) 
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:  Hungary  
5. Title of the notified document:  Notice of Availability of an Evaluation of the Highly 
Pathogenic Avian Influenza Subtype H5N1 Status of Hungary (Docket No. APHIS-2009-
0005)  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 prep ared an evaluation of the an imal health status of two 
counties (Bács-Kiskun and Csongrád) in Hungary  relative to the H5N1 subtype of highly 
pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).  The evaluation presents our assessment of the HPAI 
H5N1 detection, control, and eradication measures in place in those two counties in 
Hungary during outbreaks of HPAI H5N1 in 2006 and 2007.  If, after the close of the comment period, APHIS can identify no additional risk factors that would indicate that domestic poultry in these two counties 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 Bács-Kiskun and 
Csongrád Counties in Hungary presents a low ri sk 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/1932 
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  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:  15 June 2009 (Volume 74, Number  113), Notices Pages 28217-28218.  Available 
online in English at:  http://edocket.access.gpo. gov/2009/E9-14004.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 ):  15 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–2009-0005) to submit or vi ew 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–2009–0005, Regulatory Analysis a nd 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–2009–0005. 
For further information contact:  Mr. Javie r Vargas, Case Manager, Regionalization 
Evaluation Services Staff, National Center for Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231;  +(1 301) 734 0756 
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