G/SPS/N/USA/2675/Add.1  
 
16 April 2015  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 15 April 2015, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Decision to Authorize: Figs from Mexico (Docket No. APHIS-2014-0008) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public of its decision to 
authorize the importation of fresh figs from Mexico into the continental United States. Based on 
the findings of a pest risk analysis, which was made available to the public to review and comment through a previous notice, APHIS has concluded that the application of one or more designated 
phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant 
pests or noxious weeds via the importation of fresh figs from Mexico. 
This notice is available in English at: http://www.regulations.gov/ #!documentDetail;D=APHIS-
2014-0008-0007 . 
Federal Register Vol. 80, No. 60, Monday, 30 March 2015, pages 16620-16621 
APHIS published a notice in the Federal Register on 12 June 2014 (79 FR 33716-33717, Docket 
No. APHIS-2014-0008), in which we announced the availability, for review and comment, of a pest 
list and risk management document (RMD) regarding the risks associated with the importation into 
the continental United States of fresh figs from Mexico.  We solicited comments on the pest list and RMD for 60 days, ending on11 August 2014. We received three comments by that date.   
This notice is available in English at: http://www.regulations.gov/ #!documentDetail;D=APHIS-
2014-0008-0001 . 
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) : 30 March 2015 G/SPS/N/USA/2675/Add.1 
 
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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. George Apgar Balady, Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 
133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; Tel: +(1 301) 851 2240  
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 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  
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