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G/SPS/N/USA/763/Add.1 
19 May 2004 
 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
 
 
 The following communication, received on 12 May 2004, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States. 
 
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 Procedures for Re-establishing a Region as Free of a Disease;  Final Rule 
 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) is amending the regulations 
regarding the recognition of regions to establish pr ocedures that we will follow when a region that 
APHIS recognizes as free of an animal disease e xperiences an outbreak of that disease.  The 
procedures include steps we will take to prevent the introduction of disease from that region and steps 
we will take to further assess the region's animal health status.  The procedures will allow for timely 
reinstatement of the region's disease-free status if supported by the reassessme nt.  The effective date 
for this rule is 9 June 2004.   The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register (68 FR 37426-37429) on 
24 June 2003. 
  The final rule can be obtained from www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor  or 
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc .cgi?dbname=2004_registe r&docid=fr10my04-1  
The final rule was published in the Federal Register (69 FR 25817-25820) on 10 May 2004. 
 
 
 USDA/FAS/FSTSD  Attn:  Julie Morin  United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer  Food Safety and Technical Services Division 
 USDA Foreign Agricultural Service 
 Tel: 202 720 4501  Fax: 202 720 7772  
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