G/SPS/N/USA/2296/Add.1
17 September 2014 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 10 Septem ber 2014, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Final Rule: Imports: Litchi and Longan Fruit from Vietnam (Docket No. APHIS-2010-0116) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the fruits and vegetables 
regulations to allow the importation of litchi and longan fruit from Vietnam into the continental 
United States. As a condition of entry, litchi and longan fruit from Vietnam will be subject to a systems approach that includes requirements for treatment and inspection and restrictions on the 
distribution of the fruit. This action will allow for the importation of litchi and longan fruit from 
Vietnam into the United States while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of quarantine pests. 
This notice is available in English at: http://www.regulations.gov/ #!documentDetail;D=APHIS-
2010-0116-0007  
Federal Register Vol. 79, No. 171, Thursday 4 September 2014, pages 52543-52545 
On 25 October 2011, we published in the Federal Register (76 FR 65985-65988, Docket No. 
APHIS-2010-0116) a proposal to amend the regulations by allowing fresh litchi (Litchi chinensis 
Sonn.) and longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.) to be imported from Vietnam into the continental 
United States subject to a systems approach th at would include requirements for treatment and 
inspection and restrictions on the distribution of the fruit. We solicited comments concerning our 
proposal for 60 days ending 27 December 2011. We received two 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 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) : This rule is effective 6 October 2014. G/SPS/N/USA/2296/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: 
For Further Information Contact Ms. Claudia Ferguson, Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, 
Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, PPQ, AP HIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 
20737-1236; Tel: +(301) 851-2352.  
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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