G/SPS/N/USA/2664/Add.2  
 
2 September 2015  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 1 September 2015, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Technical Amendments: Importation of Fresh Unshu Oranges from Japan into the US (Docket 
No. APHIS-2013-0059) 
The Animal and Plant Inspection Service In a fi nal rule published in the Federal Register on 
27 October 2014, and effective on 26 November 2014, we amended the regulations concerning the importation of citrus fruit to remove certain restrictions on the importation of Unshu oranges from 
Japan. Among other amendments, we removed a requirement for joint inspection of the fruit at 
groves and packinghouses by the Government of Japan and the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service. As an unintended consequence of removing that requirement, we effectively 
precluded the Government of Japan from being able  to meet another one of the requirements of 
the regulations, which requires oranges produced on two islands in Japan to be fumigated with methyl bromide prior to exportation to the United  States, if the oranges are destined for certain 
commercial citrus producing areas of the United States. This document corrects that error. 
This notice is available in English at: http://www.regulations.gov/ #!documentDetail;D=APHIS-
2013-0059-0016 . 
Federal Register/Vol. 80, No. 154/Tuesday 11 August 2015. 
The previous notice can be found at: http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-
2013-0059-0014 . 
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:   
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) : Effective 11 August 2015 G/SPS/N/USA/2664/Add.2 
 
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  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: 
Mr. David Lamb, Senior Regulatory Policy Specia list, Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, 
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; Tel: +(1 301) 851 2103  
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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