Poultry. 1. The Parties shall sign and implement the Protocol on Cooperation on Notification and Control Procedures for Certain Significant Poultry Diseases within 30 days of the date of entry into force of this Agreement. 2. For those U.S. poultry and poultry products imported into China prior to January 1, ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ shall, within 30 days of the date of entry into force of this Agreement, issue, based on its previously-conducted assessment of the U.S. regulatory system, a final decision on whether to permit the importation of the product. China shall permit their importation consistently with existing bilaterally-agreed import protocols. 3. China shall maintain measures consistent with the 2018 World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Terrestrial Animal Health Code Chapter 10.4, or any successor provisions. 4. Within 30 days following receipt from China of a formal request for an evaluation of a region of China for avian disease free recognition and a completed information package to support such a request that addresses the eight factors outlined in 9 CFR Part 92, or any successor provisions, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) shall initiate such an evaluation.
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