WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/132/Add.1
4 November 1998
(98-4281)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication from the United States is being circulated:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
published a proposed rule concerning importation of grapefruit, lemons and oranges from Argentina
in the Federal Register (FR) on 12 August 1998 which was notified to the WTO as
G/SPS/N/USA/132.  APHIS is advising the public in this 16 October 1998 FR notice that they areextending by 120 days the comment period for the proposed rule.  In response to requests received
following the publication of the proposed rule, APHIS has scheduled a public hearing for
17 December 1998, to give interested persons an opportunity for oral presentation of data, views and
arguments.  In the 12 August 1998 proposed rule , APHIS stated that comments on the proposed rule
were required to be received on or before 13 October 1998.  However, in order to receive andconsider the comments to be presented at the public hearing, and to accommodate persons who may
wish to comment on issues that may be raised at the public hearing, APHIS is extending the comment
period to 11 February 1999.
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