G/SPS/N/USA/2684/Add.1  
 
13 March 2015  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 12 March 2015, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Final Rule: Importation Requirements for Ruminants from Mexico: Cattle Fever Tick (Docket 
No. APHIS-2012-0073) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (A PHIS) is amending the regulations to recognize 
the State of Sonora as a region in Mexico that is free of fever ticks. We are also establishing an exemption from acaricide dipping treatment requ irements, and the documentation requirements 
associated with such dipping, that were formerly applicable to cattle and other ruminants 
originating from Sonora as a condition of eligibility for entry to the United States, provided that certain conditions are met. This action will remove restrictions on the importation of cattle and 
other ruminants from Sonora that we believe are no longer necessary and reduce the costs 
associated with tick dipping for exporters and importers of ruminants. 
This notice is available in English at: http://www.regulations.gov/ #!documentDetail;D=APHIS-
2012-0073-0007 . 
Federal Register Vol. 80, No. 38, Thursday, 26 February 2015, pages 10323-10325 
On 17 July 2014, we published in the Federal Register (79 FR 41652-41656, Docket 
No. APHIS-2012-0073) a proposal to amend the regu lations by recognizing the State of Sonora as 
a region in Mexico that is free of fever ticks. We also proposed to establish an exemption from 
acaricide dipping treatment requirements, and the documentation requirements associated with such dipping, that have applied to cattle and other ruminants originating from Sonora as a 
condition of eligibility for entry to the United States, provided that certain conditions are met. We 
solicited comments concerning our proposal for 60 days ending 15 September 2014. We received two comments by that date.  
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of  previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force 
[ ] Other:   G/SPS/N/USA/2684/Add.1 
 
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  Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potent ially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, norm ally of at least 60 calendar days. Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of or iginally announced final date for comments, 
the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : This rule is effective 30 March 2015. 
Agency or authority designated to handle co mments: [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax nu mber and e-mail address (if available) of 
other body: 
Dr. Betzaida Lopez, Senior Staff Veterinarian, Na tional Import Export Services, VS, APHIS, 4700 
River Road Unit 39, Riverdale, MD 20737; Tel: +(1 301) 851 3300  
Text(s) available from: [X] National Notificati on Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e-mail addre ss (if available) of other body: 
United States SPS National Notification Authority, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1014, Washington D.C. 20250; Tel: +(1 202) 720 1301; Fax: +(1 202) 720 0433; E-mail: us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov  
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