G/SPS/N/USA/2758/Add.1  
 
13 April 2016  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 13 April 2016, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Final Rule: Importation of Fresh Andean Blackberry and Raspberry Fruit from Ecuador into the 
Continental United States (Docket # APHIS-2014-0085) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation of fresh Andean blackberry and raspberry fruit from Ecuador into the continental United States. As a condition of entry, the fruit will have to be produced in accordance 
with a systems approach that includes requirements for importation in commercial consignments 
from a pest free production site within a certified low pest prevalence area for fruit flies, and pest monitoring and trapping. The fruit will also have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate 
issued by the national plant protection organizati on of Ecuador bearing an additional declaration 
stating that the consignment was produced and prepared for export in accordance with the requirements of the systems approach. This action  will allow for the importation of fresh Andean 
blackberry and raspberry fruit from Ecuador while continuing to provide protection against the 
introduction of quarantine pests into the continental United States. 
This notice is available in English at: https://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail; 
D=APHIS-2014-0085-0010. 
Federal Register/Vol. 81, No. 68/Friday, 8 April 2016/pgs. 20525-20528 
On 24 April 2015, we published in the Federal Register (80 FR 22927-22930, Docket No. 
APHIS-2014-0085) a proposal to amend the regulations to allow importation of Andean blackberry 
(Rubus glaucus  Benth) and raspberry ( Rubus idaeus  Linnaeus) fruit into the continental United 
States from Ecuador subject to a systems approach. We solicited comments concerning our proposal for 60 days ending 23 June 2015. We received five comments during the comment period. 
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/2758/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) : Effective 9 May 2016. 
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: 
Ms Claudia Ferguson, M.S., Senior Regulatory Po licy Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and 
Compliance, Imports, Regulations and Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, +(301) 851 2352; E-mail: 
Claudia.Ferguson@aphis.usda.gov  
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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