Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable).
Description of content: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing to amend the regulations for importing nursery stock to require additional certifications for imported niger seed and lilac, to reflect recent changes in plant taxonomy and pest distributions, and to make various changes to the requirements for post entry quarantine of imported plants.
[   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests 7.
[  ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: Detailed instruction on where and how to send comments is in the body of the full text - which will be sent upon request to the address in paragraph 12.
Texts available from: [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point or address, fax number and Email address (if available) of other body:
United States SPS Enquiry Point/Notification Authority
USDA/FAS/FSTSD
ATTN: Carolyn F.

Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable).
Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: Phytosanitary certificates 4.
[  ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: The full text of this policy statement is available from the address in paragraph 12.
Texts available from: [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point or address, fax number and Email address (if available) of other body:
United States SPS Enquiry Point/Notification Authority
USDA/FAS/FSTSD
ATTN: Carolyn F.

World Trade
Organization G/SPS/N/USA/1189
10 January 2006 (06-0062) 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: Animal Plant Health and 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): Peppers 4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: Republic of Korea 5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document: Importation of Peppers from the Republic of Korea (Available in English, pgs. 77069-77073), http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html 6. Description of content: APHIS is proposing to amend the fruits and vegetable regulations to allow the importation into the continental United Stat

World Trade
Organization G/SPS/N/USA/1208
17 January 2006 (06-0199) 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: United States Department of Agriculture - 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): Baby corn and baby carrots 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: Importation of Baby Corn and Baby Carrots from Zambia, Volume 71 Number 7 pp. 1700-1704. http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html 6. Description of content: APHIS is proposing to amend the fruits and vegetable regulations to allow t

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Importation of Nursery Stock, Plants, Roots, Bulbs, Seeds, and Other Plant Products; Phytosanitary Certificates: Delay of Effective Date

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is delaying by 120 days the planned effective date for a policy to enforce an existing requirement that a phytosanitary certificate of inspection accompany restricted articles, other than certain greenhousegrown plants from Canada, that are offered for importation into the United States under our foreign quarantine regulations for nursery stock, plants, roots, bulbs, seeds, and other plant products.
The effective date of the Importation of Nursery Stock, Plants, Roots, Bulbs, Seeds, and Other Plant Products; Phytosanitary Certificates policy statement, published in the Federal Register on 23 July 2001 (previously notified as (G/SPS/N/USA/476) is delayed for 120 days,
Wilson
Room 5545 South Agriculture Building
Stop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.
20250
Phone (202) 720-2239
Fax (202) 690-0677
E-mail Address: ofsts@fas.

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notification

Addendum

The following communication, dated 22 September 2003 has been received from the United States.
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Title outlining what the SPS measure or product is: Update of Nursery Stock Regulations

The USDA-APHIS is adopting as a final rule, the regulations for importing nursery stock to require additional certifications for imported niger seed and lilac, to reflect changes in plant taxonomy and pest distributions, and to make various changes to the requirements for post-entry quarantine of imported plants.

Attn:
Roseanne Freese
Acting United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer
Food Safety & Technical Services Division
USDA/Foreign Agricultural Service
Telephone: 202 690-1642
Fax: 202 720-7772
E-mail: fstsd@fas.
usda.

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): ): Mangoes 4.
Title, language and number of pages of the notified document: Hot Water Dip for Mangoes, available in English, two pages 69-71, 7 CFR Part 300,
Texts available from: [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
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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): Oak Nursery Stock 4.
Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: All countries or regions except the continental United States 5.
International standard, guideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties, [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate reference and briefly identify deviations: ISPM No.
Final date for comments: 14 July 2003
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: 13.
Texts available from: [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
The electronic version of the
Import Requirements for Oak
Nursery Stock
can be downloaded at:

http://www.

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): Ash Nursery Stock 4.
Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: All countries or regions except the continental United States 5.
International standard, guideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties, [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate reference and briefly identify deviations: ISPM No.
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The regulatory text of the
Plant Protection Regulations
is available at:

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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): Maple Nursery Stock 4.
Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: All countries or regions except the continental United States 5.
International standard, guideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties, [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate reference and briefly identify deviations: ISPM No.
Final date for comments: 14 July 2003
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: 13.
Texts available from: [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
The electronic version of the
Import Requirements for Maple
Nursery Stock
can be downloaded at:

http://www.

World Trade
Organization
G/SPS/N/USA/1382
16 August 2006
(06-3912) Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original: English


NOTIFICATION

1. Member to Agreement notifying: UNITED STATES
If applicable, name of local government involved: N/A 2. Agency responsible: Animal and 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): Litchi, longan, mango, mangosteen, pineapple and rambutan. 4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: Thailand 5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document: Importation of Fruit From Thailand, (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 al

Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable).
Description of content: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has recently adopted emergency regulations to restrict the movement of nursery stock and other plant materials infested with Phytophthora ramorum, the causal agent of sudden oak death syndrome, within the United States.
big leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum), black oak (Quercus kelloggii), California bay laurel (Umbellularia californica), California buckeye (Aesculus californica), California coffeeberry (Rhamnus californica), California honeysuckle (Lonicera hispidula), coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia), huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum), madrone (Arbutus menziesii), manzanita (Arctostaphylos spp.
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 7.
[ X ] National enquiry point or address, fax number and Email address (if available) of other body: Text of the letter and the earlier Federal Register publication of the interim rule (domestic) are available upon request to the address below:
United States SPS Enquiry Point/Notification Authority:
USDA/FAS/FSTSD
Attn: Carolyn F.
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Importation of Artificially Dwarfed Plants in Growing Media from the People's Republic of China

We are amending the regulations governing the importation of plants and plant products to add artificially dwarfed (penjing) plants of the species Buxus sinica, Ehretia microphylla, Podocarpus macrophyllus, Sageretia thea, and Serissa foetida from the People's Republic of China to the list of plants that may be imported in an approved growing medium subject to specified growing, inspection, and certification requirements.
We are taking this action in response to a request by the Government of China and after determining that the penjing plants established in growing media can be imported without resulting in the introduction into the United States or the dissemination within
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USDA/FAS/FSTSD

Attention: Ms.
Julie Morin
United States SPS Enquiry Point Officer
Food Safety and Technical Services Division
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
Tel: 202 720-4051
Fax: 202 690-0677

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