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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1999/Add.1 
26 November 2010  
 (10-6367) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 24 November 2010, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the United States
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Notice of Determination of the High Pathogenic Avian Influenza Subtype H5N1 Status of Czech 
Republic and Sweden (APHIS-2009-0088 ) 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is advising the public of our determ ination regarding the highly pathogenic avian 
influenza (HPAI) subtype H5N1 status of the Cz ech Republic and Sweden, following outbreaks of 
HPAI in Sweden during 2006 and in the Czech Rep ublic during 2007.  Based on an evaluation of the 
animal health status of the Czech Republic and Sw eden, which we made available to the public for 
review and comment through a previous notice, the Administrator has determined that the importation 
of live birds, poultry carcasses, parts or products of  poultry carcasses, and eggs (other than hatching 
eggs) of poultry, game birds, and other birds from the Czech Republic and Sweden presents a low risk 
of introducing HPAI H5N1 into the United Stat es.  This determination will be effective on 
10 November 2010. 
 This notice can be found at:  Federal Register:  10 Novemb er 2010 (Volume 75, Number 217) 
Notices Page 69046.  To view online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2010 
FR Vol. 75, and search on "page 69046" (with quotation marks). 
 This action is subsequent to a notice publishe d in the Federal Register on 6 April 2010 (75 FR 
17368-17370, Docket No. APHIS-2009-0088) in which we  announced the availability, for review and 
comment, of an evaluation of the animal health st atus of the Czech Republic and Sweden relative to 
highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) subt ype H5N1.  In the evaluation, titled "APHIS 
Evaluation of the Status of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza H5N1 (HPAI H5N1) in the Czech 
Republic and Sweden" (July 2009), we presented the r esults of our evaluation of the status of HPAI 
H5N1 in domestic and wild poultry in the Czech Republic and Sweden, in light of the actions taken 
by the Czech and Swedish animal health author ities since the outbreaks in 2006 and 2007.  Our 
evaluation concluded that the Czech Republic and Sweden were able to effectively control and 
eradicate HPAI H5N1 in their domestic poultry popula tions and that animal health authorities have 
adequate control measures in place to rapidly identif y, control, and eradicate the disease should it be 
reintroduced into the Czech Republic's or Sweden's  wild birds or domestic poultry population.  (To 
view this notice online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2010 FR Vol. 75, 
and type "17368" in the search box (with quotation marks)).  We solicited comments on the notice for 
30 days ending on 6 May 2010.  We received no comments during the comment period. G/SPS/N/USA/1999/Add.1 
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  This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force 
[X] Other:  Notice of Determination, effective 10 November 2010 
Comment period:  (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e comment period provided in the addendum may 
vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle commen ts:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
For further information contact:  Dr. Julia Punde rson, Senior Staff Veterinarian, Regionalization 
Evaluation Services-Import, National Center for Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231;  +1 (301) 734-4356  
Text available from:  [X] National Notification Au thority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, 
fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
United States SPS National Notification Authority, US DA Foreign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 10 27, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 
1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail :  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov  
 
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