G/SPS/N/USA/2837/Add.1  
 
15 August 2016  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 15 August 2016, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of  the United States of America . 
 
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Notice: Import Authorizations: Fresh Figs from Peru into the Continental  United States 
(Docket  # APHIS -2016-0011) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public of our decision to 
authorize the importation of fresh figs ( Ficus carica ) from Peru into the continental United States. 
Based on the fi ndings of a pest risk analysis, which we made available for the public to review and 
comment through a previous notice, we have concluded that the application of designated 
phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or d isseminating plant 
pests via the importation of fresh figs from Peru.  
The notice is available in English at: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS -2016-
0011-0008. 
Federal Reg ister/Vol. 81, No. 154/Wednesday, 10 August 2016/pgs.52812 -52813  
In accordance with that process, we published a notice  in the Federal Register on 14  March 2016 
(81 FR 13310 -13311, Docket No. APHIS -2016-0011), in which we announced the availability, for 
review and comment, of a pest risk assessment (PRA) that identifies pests of quarantine 
significance that could follow the pathway of importation of figs from Peru into the continental 
United States. We solicited comments on the PRA and risk management docum ent (RMD) for 
60 days, ending on 13 May 2016. We received four 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:   
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the p reviously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of originally announced fina l 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) : Not applicable.  Effective 10 August 2016.  G/SPS/N/USA/2837/Add.1  
 
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  Agency or authority designated to ha ndle 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, Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, 
Imports,  Regulations, and Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737 -
1231; +(301) 851 2352; E -mail: Claudia.Ferguson@aphis.usda.gov  
Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax num ber and e -mail address (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; F ax: +(1 202) 720 0433; E -mail: us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov  
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