# Import/Export User Fees; Exemptions
> **Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service** · Interim rule and request for comments. · Published 1997-11-14 · Effective 1997-11-07 · 62 FR 61005
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-29990
- **Category:** meat-poultry
- **Sub-agency:** Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 61005
- **CFR reference:** 9 CFR 130
- **Publication date:** 1997-11-14
- **Effective date:** 1997-11-07
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. 96-089-1
## Abstract

We are amending the user fee regulations to provide that user fees are not charged for veterinary diagnostic services in the following cases: When veterinary diagnostic services are provided in connection with Federal programs to control or eradicate diseases or pests of livestock or poultry in the United States (program diseases) or in support of zoonotic disease surveillance when there is a significant risk to human health; and when veterinary diagnostic reagents are distributed within the United States for testing for foreign animal diseases. In addition, we are eliminating the user fee for export health certificates that are requested and reviewed, but not endorsed. We are making these changes to eliminate confusion, clarify when certain user fees apply, and eliminate an unnecessary user fee.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/11/14/97-29990/importexport-user-fees-exemptions)
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