. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1505 
9 February 2007 
 (07-0544) 
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 Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the US 
Department of Agriculture 
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):   Pigs  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Mexico
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Classical Swine Fever 
Status of the Mexican State of Nayarit (Available in English, 4 pages) 
6. Description of content:  The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to 
amend the regulations for importing animals a nd animal products by adding the Mexican 
State of Nayarit to the list of regions considered free of classical swine fever (CSF). We are proposing this action at the request of the Mexican Government and the State of Nayarit, 
and after conducting a risk evaluation that indi cates that Nayarit is free of this disease. We 
are also proposing to add Nayarit to the list of  CSF-affected regions whose exports of live 
swine, pork, and pork products to the Unite d States must meet certain certification 
requirements to ensure their freedom from C SF.  These actions would relieve certain CSF-
related restrictions on the importation into the United States of pork, pork products, live 
swine, and swine semen from Nayarit while c ontinuing to protect against the introduction of 
this disease into the United States. 
7. Objective and rationale: [   ] food safety,  [ X ] animal health,  [   ] 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/1505 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
Federal Register: 31 January 2007 (Vol ume 72, Number 20), Pages 4463-4467. 
http://www.regulations.gov  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  N/A 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  N/A 
12. Final date for comments:  2 April 2007.  Comments in general will be accepted at anytime 
after publication of the notice of filing; howev er, 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:   
Submit written or electronic comments by any of the following methods: 
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov  Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments. 
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, 
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road  Unit 118, Riverdale, MD  20737-1238 
Instructions: All submissions received must in clude the agency name and Docket Number 
APHIS-2006-0121 for this rulemaking.  
For further information contact:  
Dr. Antonio Ramirez, Senior Staff Veterinarian, Technical Trade Services, National Center 
for Import and Export, VS, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 40, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 734-8364.  
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:  United 
States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA/ Foreign Agricultural Service, 
International Regulations and Standards Di vision (ISRD), Stop 1027, Washington, DC  
20250, Tel:  202-720-1301;  Fa x:  202 690-0677,  E-mail:  fstsd@fas.usda.gov