G/SPS/N/USA/2322/Add.1  
 
27 September 2013  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 26 Septem ber 2013, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Final Rule: Importation of Litchi Fruit from Australia (Docket No. APHIS-2009-0084) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (A PHIS) is amending the regulations in order to 
allow, under certain conditions, the importation of commercial shipments of litchi fruit from 
Australia into the continental United States, except Florida. As a condition of entry, the litchi fruit must be treated with irradiation and subject to inspection. If irradiation is applied outside the 
United States, the fruit must be inspected jointly by inspectors from the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service and the national plant protection organization (NPPO) of Australia prior to departure and accompanied by a phytosanitary ce rtificate issued by the NPPO of Australia 
certifying that the fruit received the required irradiation treatment. If irradiation is to be applied 
upon arrival in the United States, the fruit must be inspected by Australian inspectors prior to departure and accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the NPPO of Australia. Additionally, the litchi fruit may not be imported into or distributed within the State of Florida, due 
to the presence of litchi rust mite in Australia. This action allows for the importation of litchi fruit 
from Australia into the continental United States , except Florida, 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-
2009-0084-0009 . 
Federal Register, Vol. 78, No. 184, Monday, 23 September 2013, pages 58154-58158. 
On 28 December 2011, we published in the Federal Register (76 FR 81401-81404, Docket 
No. APHIS-2009-0084) a proposal to amend the regulations to allow fresh litchi fruit ( Litchi 
chinensis  Sonn.) from Australia to be imported into the continental United States, except Florida. 
We proposed that, as a condition of entry, the litchi fruit would have to be produced in accordance 
with a systems approach that includes requirem ents for monitoring and oversight, irradiation 
treatment of the fruit, limited distribution, and shipping. We solicited comments concerning our proposal for 60 days ending 27 February 2012. 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:   G/SPS/N/USA/2322/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) : This rule is effective 23 October 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: Ms Dorothy C. Wayson, Regulatory Coordination Specialist, PPQ, 
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 141, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; +(1 301) 851 2036.  
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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