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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/568
2 April 2002
(02-1647)
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).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Meat and meat products
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document: Change in disease Status of Greece
With Regard to Foot-and-Mouth Disease (4 pages).
5. Description of content: The Animal and Plant  Health Inspection Service is proposing to
amend the regulations to add Greece to the list of regions that are considered free of
rinderpest and foot-and-mouth disease. We are taking this action because we havedetermined that Greece is now free of foot-and-mouth disease. We are also proposing to add
Greece to the list of regions that are subject to certain import restrictions on meat or meat
products because of their proximity to or trading relationships with rinderpest- or foot-and-
mouth-disease-affected regions. These actions would update the disease status of Greece
with regard to foot-and-mouth disease while continuing to protect the United States from an
introduction of this disease by providing additional requirements for any meat and meat
products imported into the United States from Greece.
6. Objective and rationale:  [     ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [   ] 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 [  X ].
APHIS is taking this action in accordance with Chapter 2.1.1 and 2.1.4 of the Office
International des Epizooties (OIE) Animal Health Code.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 67 FR 13105,
21 March 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/568
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11. Final date for comments:  APHIS will consider all comments we receive that are
postmarked, delivered or e-mailed by 20 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