WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/509/Add.1
11 March 2002
(02-1230)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication by the United States is being circulated.
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Change in Disease Status of Greece Because of BSE
APHIS is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule (notified as
G/SPS/N/USA/509) that amended the regulations by adding Greece to the list of regions where
bovine spongiform encephalopathy exists because the disease had been detected in a native-born
animal in that region.  Greece had been listed among the regions that present an undue risk of
introducing bovine spongiform encephalopathy into the United States.  The effect of the interim rule
was a continued restriction on the importation of ruminants that have been in Greece and meat, meatproducts, and certain other products of ruminants that have been in Greece.  The interim rule was
necessary in order to update the disease status of Greece regarding bovine spongiform
encephalopathy.
The interim rule became effective on 2 July 2001.The full text of this addendum (final rule) is available from the address below.United States SPS Enquiry Point/Notification Authority
USDA/FAS/FSTSD
Attn: Carolyn F. Wilson
Room 5545 South Agriculture BuildingStop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250
Tel:  (202) 720-2239
Fax:  (202) 690-0677E-mail:  ofsts@fas.usda.gov
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