 
  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/705/Add.1 
24 September 2004 
 
 (04-4020) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
 
Addendum
 
 
 
 The following communication, received on 21 September 2004, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the United States . 
 
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 Importation of Wood Packaging Material: Final Rule
 
 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Serv ice (APHIS) is amending the regulations for 
the importation of unmanufactured wood articles to adopt an international standard entitled 
"Guidelines for Regulating Wood Packaging Material  in International Trade'' that was approved by 
the Interim Commission on Phytosanitary Measures of  the International Plant Protection Convention 
on 15 March 2002.  The standard calls for wood pack aging material to be either heat treated or 
fumigated with methyl bromide, in accordance wi th the Guidelines, and marked with an approved 
international mark certifying treatment.  This chan ge will affect all persons  using wood packaging 
material in connection with importing goods into  the United States.  The effective date is 
16 September 2005.  
 
 This document was published in the Federa l Register:  16 September 2004 (Volume 69, 
Number 179), Pages 55719-55733.  The full text of this document can be obtained from 
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html
 
or http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.c gi?dbname=2004_register&docid=fr16se04-1  
 
 
 [The notified document can be obtained from – Ms. Julie Morin, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop 1027, Washington D.C.  20250.  Tel: 202 720 5041, Fax: 202 690-0677, 
fstsd@fas.usda.gov
]. 
 
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