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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1133 
5 October 2005 
 (05-4472) 
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:  U.S. Department of Agriculture – Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service 
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):  Citrus 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Peru 
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:   Citrus From Peru; 
Proposed Rule (Available in English, 8 pages)  
6. Description of content:  The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to 
amend the fruits and vegetables regulations  to allow the importation, under certain 
conditions, of fresh commercial citrus fruit (grapefruit, limes, mandarin oranges or tangerines, sweet oranges, and tangelos) from a pproved areas of Peru into the United States. 
Based on the evidence in a recen t pest risk analysis, APHIS believes these articles can be 
safely imported from Peru, provided certain cond itions are met. This action would provide 
for the importation of citrus from Peru into th e United States while continuing to protect the 
United States against the introduction of plant pests.  
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), [   ] 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:  Federal Register: 
30 September 2005 (Volume 70, Number 189) pages 57206-57213 (Available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined. G/SPS/N/USA/1133 
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 11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined. 
12. Final date for comments:  29 November 2005  Please refer to docket 03-113-2 
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:   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