G/SPS/N/USA/2535/Add.1  
 
21 August 2013  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 20 August 2013, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Decision to Allow Importation of Fresh Oranges an d Tangerines from Egypt into the United States 
(Docket No. APHIS-2012-0053) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public of our decision to allow the 
importation of oranges and tangerines from Egypt. Based on the findings of a pest list and commodity import evaluation document, which we made available to the public for review and 
comment through a previous notice, we have concluded that the application of one or more 
designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the pest risk associated with the importation of oranges and tangerines from Egypt. In addition, based on the findings of a 
treatment evaluation document, we are advising the public that we are adding a new treatment 
schedule in the Plant Protection and Quarantine Treatment Manual that can be used to neutralize peach fruit fly ( Bactrocera zonata ) and Mediterranean fruit fly ( Ceratitis capitata ) in oranges and 
tangerines. 
This notice is available in English at: " http://www.regulations.gov/ #!documentDetail;D=APHIS-
2012-0053-0006 ". 
Federal Register, Vol. 78, No. 159, Friday, 16 August 2013, Pages 50023-50024 
We published a notice in the Federal Register on 18 April 2013 (78 FR 23208-23209, Docket 
No. APHIS-2012-0053), in which we announced the availability, for review and comment, of a list of pests associated with oranges and tangerines from Egypt and a commodity import evaluation 
document (CIED) that evaluates the risks associated with importation of fruit from Egypt into the 
United States. Because of the time that had passed since importation of oranges from Egypt was suspended, APHIS prepared a pest list to identify pests of quarantine significance that could follow 
the pathway of importation of oranges and tangerines  from Egypt. Based on the pest list, we then 
completed a CIED to identify phytosanitary measures  that could be applied to mitigate the risks of 
introducing or disseminating the identified pests via the importation of oranges and tangerines from Egypt. We concluded that fresh oranges and tangerines can safely be imported into the 
United States from Egypt using one or more of the five designated phytosanitary measures listed 
in § 319.56-4(b). 
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/2535/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) : 16 August 2013. Effective 16 August 2013. 
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: Mr Tony Román,  Regulatory Policy Specialist, APHIS, PPQ, 4700 
River Road Unit 156, Riverdale, MD 20737; +(1 301) 851 2242.  
Text 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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