. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1138 
19 October 2005 
 (05-4800) 
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 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:  Central 
America 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Importation of Peppers 
from Certain Central American Countries, 8 pages, Available in English . 
http://www.aphis.usda.gov /ppd/rad/webrepor.html  
6. Description of content:  APHIS is proposing to amend the fruits and vegetables regulations 
to allow certain types of peppers grown in approved registered production sites in Costa 
Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua to be imported into the United 
States without treatment.  The conditions to  which the proposed importation of peppers 
would be subject, including trapping, preharvest inspection and shipping procedures, are 
designed to prevent the introduction of quarantin e pests into the United States.  This action 
would allow for the importation of peppers fro m those countries in Central America while 
continuing to provide protection against the introduction of quarantine pests into the United States.  
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), [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Article 6 of the IPPC Requirements in relation 
to Imports  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Federal Register: 
12 October 2005 (Volume 70, Number 196) [Pages 59283-59290] (Available in English)  G/SPS/N/USA/1138 
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 10. Proposed date of adoption:  TBA 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  TBA 
12. Final date for comments:  12 December 2005, please refer to Docket 05-003-1 
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. Julie Morin, United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington 
D.C. 20250. Tel:  202-720-4051;  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. Julie Morin, United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Food Safety & Technical Services Division, Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 20250. Tel:  202-720-4051;  Fax:  202-690-0677;  E-mail:  fstsd@usda.gov