. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1051 
14 April 2005 
 (05-1556) 
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 and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Importation of swine and swine pr oducts from the European Union. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Importation of swine and swine pr oducts from the European Union. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:    
Importation of Swine and Swine Products From the European Union 
Federal Register:  8 April 2005 (Volume 70, Number 67)] [Pages 17928-17940] http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor/all.html
 
or 
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-
bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2005_r egister&docid=fr08ap05-12  
6. Description of content:  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending 
the regulations for importing animals and animal  products into the United States to apply a 
uniform set of importation requirements related to classical swine fever (CSF) to a region consisting of all of the 15 Member States of the European Union (EU) that comprised the 
EU as of 30 April 2004 (the EU-15) and prohibit for a specified period of time the 
importation of live swine and swine products fro m any area in the EU-15 that is identified 
by the veterinary authorities of the region as a restricted zone.  We believe these changes 
are necessary to help prevent the introduc tion of CSF into the United States while 
increasing our responsiveness to changes in the CSF situation in the EU. 
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 
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:  English G/SPS/N/USA/1051 
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 10. Proposed date of adoption:   8 April 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   Undetermined 
12. Final date for comments:   
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   Comments will be accepted until 7 June 2005 
Addresses:  You may submit comments by any of the following methods: 
EDOCKET:  Go to http://www.epa.gov/feddocket  to submit or view public comments, 
access the index listing of the contents of th e official public docket, and to access those 
documents in the public docket that are ava ilable electronically.  Once you have entered 
EDOCKET, click on the "View Open APHIS Dockets'' link to locate this document. 
 Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:  Please send four copies of your comment (an original 
and three copies) to Docket No. 02-046-1, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, 
APHIS, Station 3C71, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238.  Please state that your comment refers to Docket No . 02-046-1.Federal eRulemaking Portal:  Go to 
http://www.regulations.gov
 and follow the instructions for locating this docket and 
submitting comments.  
Reading Room:  You may read any comments th at we receive on this docket in our reading 
room.  The reading room is located in room 1141 of the USDA South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC .  Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. 
to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays.  To be sure someone is there to help you, please call (202) 690-2817 before coming. 
 
Other Information:  You may view APHIS doc uments published in the Federal Register 
and related information on the Internet at:  http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html
 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail a ddress (if available) of other body:   Ms. Julie 
Morin, Acting U.S. SPS Enquiry Point Officer, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Food 
Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington, DC  20250.   
Tel:  (202) 690-1642;  Fax:  (202) 690-7772;  E-mail:   fstsd@usda.gov