. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1693 
23 August 2007  
 (07-3544) 
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:  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Cucurbit vegetable, cucumber, cantal oupe, winter and summer squash, 
muskmelon, watermelon, pumpkin, zucchini 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  Any 
US trade partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  FINAL RULE:  Zucchini 
Yellow Mosaic Virus-Weak Strain; Exempti on from the Requirement of a Tolerance 
(available in English, 5 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a 
tolerance for residues of the zucchini yello w mosaic virus-weak strain (ZYMV-WK) on 
cucurbits, including, cucumbers, cantaloupes, watermelons, muskmelons, winter and summer 
squash, pumpkins, zucchini and other cucurbits wh en applied/used as a viruscide to protect 
curcurbit crop plants against severe strains of zucchini yellow mosaic virus.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] 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:   F e d e r a l  R e g i s t e r :   
15 August 2007 (Volume 72, Number 157) Rules and Regulations Page 45649-45653; 
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA -PEST/2007/August/Day-15/p16057.htm  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  This regulation is effective 15 August 2007. G/SPS/N/USA/1693 
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  12. Final date for comments:  Objections and requests for hear ings must be received on or 
before 15 October 2007, and may be identif ied by docket number EPA-HQ-OPP-2006-0329. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Registration Division, (7505P), Of fice of Pesticide Programs, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Penn sylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notificati on authority, [   ] Na tional enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if ava ilable) of other body:  United States 
SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Fore ign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Divi sion (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 
202) 720-1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 690-0677;  E- mail:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov