WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/USA/476/Add.1
10 September 2001
(01-4246)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 5 September 2001, has been received from the
United States.
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Importation of Nursery Stock, Plants, Roots, Bulbs, Seeds, and Other Plant Products; Phytosanitary
Certificates: Delay of Effective Date
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is delaying by 120 days the planned effective
date for a policy to enforce an existing requirement that a phytosanitary certificate of inspection
accompany restricted articles, other than certain greenhouse-grown plants from Canada, that are
offered for importation into the United States under our foreign quarantine regulations for nurserystock, plants, roots, bulbs, seeds, and other plant products. This action will allow affected parties
additional time in making necessary preparations to comply with this requirement.
The effective date of the Importation of Nursery Stock, Plants, Roots, Bulbs, Seeds, and Other
Plant Products;  Phytosanitary Certificates policy statement, published in the Federal Register on
23 July 2001 (previously notified as (G/SPS /N/USA/476) is delayed for 120 days, from
21 September 2001, to a new effective date of  22 January 2002.
The full text of this 1 page addendum is available from the address below.
United States SPS Enquiry Point/Notification Authority
USDA/FAS/FSTSDATTN: Carolyn F. Wilson
Room 5545 South Agriculture Building
Stop 1027
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20250Phone (202) 720-2239
Fax (202) 690-0677
     E-mail Address: ofsts@fas.usda.gov
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