G/SPS/N/USA/2846  
 
15 April 2016  
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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: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Lemons 
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: Proposed Rule: Importation of Lemons from Chile into 
the Continental United States (Docket # APHIS-2015-0051)  Language(s): English   
Number of pages: 4 
https://www.regulations.gov/#!docu mentDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0051-0001 
6. Description of content: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing to 
amend the fruits and vegetables regulations to list lemon ( Citrus limon  (L.) Burm. f.) 
from Chile as eligible for importation into the continental United States subject to a 
systems approach. Under this systems approach, the fruit would have to be grown in a place of production that is registered with the Government of Chile and certified as 
having a low prevalence of Brevipalpus chilensis . The fruit would have to undergo pre-
harvest sampling at the registered production site. Following post-harvest processing, the fruit would have to be inspected in Chile at an approved inspection site. Each 
consignment of fruit would have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with 
an additional declaration stating that the fruit had been found free of Brevipalpus 
chilensis based on field and packinghouse inspections. This proposed rule would allow for 
the safe importation of lemons from Chile using mitigation measures other than 
fumigation with methyl bromide. 
Federal Register/Vol. 81, No. 64/Monday, 4 April 2016/pgs. 19063-19066. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    G/SPS/N/USA/2846 
 
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  [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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 3 June 2016 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
You may submit comments by either of the following methods: Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0051.  
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to Docket No. APHIS-2015-0051, 
Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. 
Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may be viewed at 
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0051.  
Mr George Balady, Senior Regulatory Policy  Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and 
Compliance, Plant Health Programs, PPQ, AP HIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, 
MD 20737; +(301) 851 2240 
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
United States SPS National Notification Auth ority, 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