. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1189 
10 January 2006 
 (06-0062) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UNITED STATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Animal Plant Health and Inspection Service (APHIS)  
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):  Peppers  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Republic of Korea 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Importation of Peppers 
from the Republic of Korea (Available in English, pgs. 77069-77073), http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html  
6. Description of content:  APHIS is proposing to amend the fruits and vegetable regulations 
to allow the importation into the continental United States of peppers from the Republic of 
Korea under certain conditions.  As a condition of entry, the peppers would have to be 
grown in approved insect proof, pest free greenhouses and packed in pest exclusionary 
packinghouses.  In addition, the peppers w ould have to be safeguarded against pest 
infestation during their movement from the production site to the packinghouse and from 
the packinghouse to the con tinental United States.  This action will allow for the 
importation of peppers from the Republic of Ko rea in the continental United State while 
continuing to provide protection agains t the introduction of quarantine pests.  
7. Objective and rationale: [   ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests   
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Available in English 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  TBA 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  TBA G/SPS/N/USA/1189 
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 12. Final date for comments:  27 February 2006, please refer to Docket 05-068-1  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point,  or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Ms. Lashonda McLeod, United States SPS National Notification 
Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, 
Stop 1027, Washington, DC 20250. Tel: 202-720-5683; Fax 202-690-0677; E-mail 
fstsd@usda.gov  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [   ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  Ms. 
Lashonda McLeod, United States SPS Nationa l Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington, DC 20250. Tel: 202-720-5683; Fax 202-690-0677; E-mail fstsd@usda.gov