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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/832
24 November 2003
(03-6250)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED STATES
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   USDA 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):  Pork, pork products, live swine and swine semen
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Chile
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Classical Swine Fever
Status of Chile, Volume 68 Number 219 pp. 64724-64282
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html
6. Description of content:  APHIS is proposing to amend the regulations for importing
animals and animal products by adding Chile to the list of regions APHIS recognizes as
free of classical swine fever (CSF). APHIS is proposing this action at the request of the
Government of Chile and after conducting a risk evaluation that indicates that Chile is freeof this disease. APHIS is also proposing to add Chile to a list of CSF-affected regions
whose exports of live swine, pork, and pork products to the United States must meet certain
certification requirements to ensure their freedom from CSF, and to amend those
requirements to accommodate the addition of Chile to the list. These actions would relieve
restrictions on the importation into the United States of pork, pork products, live swine, and
swine semen from Chile while continuing to protect against the introduction of this disease
into the United States.
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safet y, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  OIE, Terrestrial Animal Health Code,
Chapter 2.1.13
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Available in English
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be announced.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be announced.G/SPS/N/USA/832
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12. Final date for comments:  12 January 2004 to Docket No.03-009-1
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 Enquiry Point Officer, Food
Safety and Technical Services Division, USDA/ Foreign Agricultural ServiceTelephone:202 720-4051 Fax: 202 720-7772, fstsd@fas.usda.gov
13. Texts available from:  [   ] 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 Enquiry Point Officer, Food Safety and Technical Services
Division, USDA/ Foreign Agricultural  Service Telephone:202 720-4051 Fax: 202 720-
7772, fstsd@fas.usda.gov