. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1825 
13 June 2008  
 (08-2765) 
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) of the US 
Department of Agriculture 
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):  Baby squash, baby courgettes 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  Zambia 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  PROPOSED RULE: 
Importation of Baby Squash and Baby Cour gettes From Zambia (Docket No. APHIS–2007–
0144) (available in English, 6 pages) 
6. Description of content:  The Animal and Plant Health Insp ection Service is proposing to 
amend the fruits and vegetables  regulations to allow the importation into the continental 
United States of baby squash and baby courgettes from Zambia .  As a condition of entry, both 
commodities would have to be produced in acc ordance with a systems approach that would 
include requirements for pest exclusion at the production site, fruit fly trapping inside and 
outside the production site, and pest-excluding packinghouse procedures.  Both commodities 
would also be required to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certific ate with an additional 
declaration stating that the baby squash or ba by courgettes have been produced in accordance 
with the proposed requirements.  This action w ould allow for the importation of baby squash 
and baby courgettes from Zambia into the Un ited States while c ontinuing to provide 
protection against the introduction of quarantine 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:    G/SPS/N/USA/1825 
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  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 :   
16 May 2008 (Volume 73, Number 96), Pa ges 28372-28377 (available in English) 
Full text and additional information:  Go to http://www.gpoaccess. gov/fr/advanced.html
, 
select 2008 FR Vol. 73, and type 28372 in search box   
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  N/A 
12. Final date for comments:  15 July 2008 
Comments in general will be accepted at any ti me after publication of the notice of filing; 
however, if a final rule is promulgated, it will address only those comments that were 
received prior to publication of the final rule. 
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: 
You may submit comments by either of the following methods: 
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulati ons.gov/fdmspublic/ 
component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHI S-2007-0144 to submit or view comments 
and to view supporting and related materials availabl e electronically. 
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send two copies of your comment to Docket No. 
APHIS–2007–0144, Regulatory Analysis and Deve lopment, PPD, APHI S, Station 3A–03.8, 
4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. Please state that your comment 
refers to Docket No. APHIS–2007–0144. 
For further information contact:  
Ms. Sharon Porsche, Import Specialist, Commod ity Import Analysis and Operations, Plant 
Health Programs, PPQ,  APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133,  Riverdale, MD 20737–1231; tel. 
+(1 301) 734–8758. 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notificati on authority, [   ] Na tional enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
United States SPS National Notification Aut hority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1027, Washington D.C. 
20250;  Tel:  +(1 202) 720 1301;  Fax:  +(1 202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov