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21 April 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 21 April 2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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NOTICE: Concurrence with OIE Risk Designations for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 
(Docket  No. APHIS -2018-0087)  
APHIS is advising the public of itsdecision to concur with the World Organization for Animal Health's 
(OIE) bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) risk designations for Nicaragua. The OIE recognizes 
this region as being of negligible risk for BSE. APHIS is taking this action based on its review of 
information supporting the OIE's risk designations for this region. (Federal Register Vol. 84, No. 218, 
Tuesday, 12 November 2 019, pg. 61005)  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the  addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
Dr. Kari Coulson, Senior Staff Veterinarian, Strategy and Policy, VS, APHIS, 920 Main Campus Drive, 
Suite 200, Raleigh, NC 27606; Tel: +(919) 855 7741; E -mail: k ari.f.coulson@usda.gov  
Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS -2018-0087-0003  
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