World Trade
Organization G/SPS/N/USA/1138
19 October 2005 (05-4800) 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 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): Peppers 4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: Central America 5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document: Importation of Peppers from Certain Central American Countries, 8 pages, Available in English. http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html 6. Description of content: APHIS is proposing to amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow certain types of peppers grown in approved regi

World Trade
Organization
G/SPS/N/USA/1189/Add.1

29 May 2006 (06-2542) Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original: English


notification

Addendum


The following communication, received on 24 May 2006, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the United States.

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Importation of Peppers from the Republic of Korea


Animal Plant Health and Inspection Service (APHIS)
are amending the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation into the continental United States of peppers from the Republic of Korea under certain conditions. As a condition of entry, the peppers will have to be grown in approved insect-proof, pest-free greenhouses and packed in pest exclusionary packinghouses. In addition, the peppers will have to be safeguarded against pest infestation during their movement from the production site to the packinghouse and the packinghouse to the continental United States. This action wil

World Trade
Organization G/SPS/N/USA/1228
9 February 2006 (06-0566) 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): Tomatoes 4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama 5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document: Importation of Tomatoes from Certain Central American Countries (Available in English, 3 pages). http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html 6. Description of content:
APHIS is proposing to amend the regulations governing the

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

World Trade
Organization G/SPS/N/USA/962
3 September 2004 (04-3678) 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: 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 s