G/SPS/N/USA/3304  
27 January 2022  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Plums ( Prunus domestica ) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Chile 
5. Title of the notified document:  Notice of Decision to Revise the Requirements for the 
Importation of Plums (Prunus Domestica) from Chile into the United States [Docket No. 
APHIS -2021-0041] . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  3 
https://www.regulations.gov/document/APHIS -2021-0041-0040 
6. Description of content:  We are advising the public of our decision to revise the 
requirements relative to the importation into the United States of plums from Chile. Based 
on the findings of a commodity import evaluation document, which we made available to 
the public for review  and comment through a previous notice, we have determined that, 
in addition to the existing option of irradiation, plums from Chile may safely be imported 
under a systems approach for mitigation of the risk posed by European grapevine moth, 
with an additi onal option for fumigation with methyl bromide. (Federal Register Vol. 87, 
No. 16, Tuesday 25 January 2022, pg. 3756 -3758)  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or d isease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organiz ation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/USA/3304  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 25 January 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 25 January 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 25 January 2022  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of 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:   
Ms. Claudia Ferguson, Senior Regulatory  
Policy Specialist, Plant Health  
Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road  
Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737 -1231;  
Tel: +(301) 851 2352; E -mail: Claudia.Ferguson@usda.gov.  
13. 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/APHIS -2021-0041-0040