Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73not60

§2575a Inquiry Point

Title 19 › Chapter 13— TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT OF 1979 › Subchapter II— TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE (STANDARDS) › Part E— Standards and Measures Under the North American Free Trade Agreement › Subpart 1— sanitary and phytosanitary measures › § 2575a

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The standards information center must make public relevant documents and information. It can charge reasonable fees set by the Secretary of Commerce. The center must include: health and plant safety rules of general use (called sanitary and phytosanitary measures), including control, inspection, or approval procedures proposed, adopted, or used by federal or state agencies; how agencies do risk assessments and the factors they use to set protection levels; how federal and state governments take part in international, regional, and other agreements on these measures and what those agreements say; and where to find notices required by Article 719 of NAFTA or the information in them.

Full Legal Text

Title 19, §2575a

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The standards information center maintained under section 2544 of this title shall, in addition to the functions specified therein, make available to the public relevant documents, at such reasonable fees as the Secretary of Commerce may prescribe, and information regarding—

(1)any sanitary or phytosanitary measure of general application, including any control or inspection procedure or approval procedure proposed, adopted, or maintained by a Federal or State agency;

(2)the procedures of a Federal or State agency for risk assessment, and factors the agency considers in conducting the assessment and in establishing the levels of protection that the agency considers appropriate;

(3)the membership and participation of the Federal Government and State governments in international and regional sanitary and phytosanitary organizations and systems, and in bilateral and multilateral arrangements regarding sanitary and phytosanitary measures, and the provisions of those systems and arrangements; and

(4)the location of notices of the type required under article 719 of the NAFTA, or where the information contained in such notices can be obtained.

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Citation

19 U.S.C. § 2575a

Title 19 — Customs Duties

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60