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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1932/Add.1 
1 October 2009  
 (09-4648) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 28 Se ptember 2009, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the United States
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Notice of Determination of the High Pathogenic Av ian Influenza Subtype H5N1 Status of Hungary 
(APHIS–2009–0005)  
 
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 Hunga ry following outbreaks in 2006 and 2007.  Based on 
our evaluation of the animal health status of  two counties (Bács-Kiskun and Csongrád) in Hungary, 
which we made available to the public for revi ew 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 
Hungary presents a low risk of introducing HPAI H5N1 into the United States. This determination 
will be effective on 9 October 2009.  
This notice can be found at:  Federal Register :  24 September 2009 (Volume 74, Number 184) 
Notices Pages 48711-48712.  To view online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, 
select 2009 FR Vol. 74, and search on "page 48711" (with quotation marks).  
 
 This action is subsequent to a notice publishe d in the Federal Register on 15 June 2009 (74 
FR 28217-28218, Docket No. APHI S–2009–0005), in which we announced  the availability for review 
and comment of an evaluation of the animal health status of two counties (Bács-Kiskun and 
Csongrád) in Hungary relative to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) subtype H5N1.  In the 
evaluation, titled "APHIS' Evaluation of the Stat us of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza H5N1 
Virus in Hungary" (November 2008), we presented the results of our evaluation of the prevalence of 
HPAI H5N1 in domestic poultry in the two counties in light of the actions taken by Hungary's Department for Food Chain Safety and Animal H ealth (DFCSAH) during and since the outbreaks of 
HPAI H5N1 that occurred in these two counties in  2006 and 2007.  Our evaluation concluded that 
both counties (Bács-Kiskun and Csongrád) had adequate  detection and control measures in place at 
the time of the outbreaks, that they have been able  to effectively control and eradicate HPAI H5N1 in 
their domestic poultry populations since that time,  and that Hungary's DFCSAH has control measures 
in place to rapidly identify, control, and eradi cate the disease should it be reintroduced into Hungary 
in either wild birds or domestic poultry.  We solicited comments on the notice for 30 days ending on 
15 July 2009.  We received no comments during the comment period. 
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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 sc ope of previously notified draft regulation 
 [   ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
 [   ] Change in proposed date of adoptio n, publication or date of entry into force 
 [ X ] Other:  Notice of Determination, effective 9 October 2009 
 
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 comments:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body
: 
 
For further information contact: Mr. Javier 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   
Text 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, 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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