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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/581
24 April 2002
(02-2355)
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 may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Clementines  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent
relevant or practicable:  Spain
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Availability of Risk Management
Analysis for the Importation of Clementines From Spain (2 pages plus risk management
document)
5. Description of content:  The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is
advising the public that a risk management analysis has been prepared by the Animal andPlant Health Inspection Service relative to a proposed rule currently under consideration
that would allow the importation of clementines from Spain to resume.  APHIS is making
this risk management analysis available to the public for review and comment.
APHIS notified the emergency action suspending imports of clementines from Spain in
December 2001.  The WTO published the notification as G/SPS/N/USA/532 on
4 January 2002.
6. 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. An international standard, guideline or  recommendation does not exist [   ]
APHIS is proposing this action in accordance with [Article 6, Paragraph 1] of the
International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC).
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 67 FR 18578,
16 April 2002 (Available in English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.G/SPS/N/USA/581
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11. Final date for comments:  APHIS will consider all comments we receive that are
postmarked, delivered or e-mailed by 16 May 2002.
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [     ] National notification
authority, [     ] 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.
12. Texts available from: [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
United States SPS Enquiry Point/Notification Authority
USDA/FAS/FSTSD
ATTN:  Carolyn F. Wilson
Room 5545 South Agriculture Building
Stop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20250
Tel:   (202) 720-2239
Fax:  (202) 690-0677
E-mail:  ofsts@fas.usda.gov