G/SPS/N/USA/2685/Add.1  
 
24 April 2015  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 24 April 2015, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Final Rule: Importation of Apples from China (Docket No. APHIS-2014-0003) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the fruits and vegetables 
regulations to allow the importation of fresh apples ( Malus pumila ) from China into the continental 
United States. As a condition of entry, apples from areas in China in which the Oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis ) is not known to exist will have to be produced in accordance with a systems 
approach that includes requirements for registrati on of places of production and packinghouses, 
inspection for quarantine pests at set intervals by the national plant protection organization of China, bagging of fruit, safeguarding, labeling,  and importation in commercial consignments. 
Apples from areas in China in which Oriental fruit fly is known to exist may be imported into the 
continental United States if, in addition to these requirements, the apples are treated with fumigation plus refrigeration. All apples from China will also be required to be accompanied by a 
phytosanitary certificate with an additional declaration stating that all conditions for the 
importation of the apples have been met and that  the consignment of apples has been inspected 
and found free of quarantine pests. This action a llows for the importation of apples from China into 
the continental United States while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of 
quarantine pests. 
This notice is available in English at: 
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docume ntDetail;D=APHIS _FRDOC_0001-1767  
Federal Register Vol. 80, No. 78, Thursday, 23 April 2015, pages 22619-22635 
We prepared a pest risk assessment (PRA) and a risk management document  (RMD). Based on the 
conclusions of the PRA and the RMD, on 18 July 2014, we published in the Federal Register (79 FR 41930-41934, Docket No. APHIS-2014-0003) a proposal to amend the regulations to 
authorize the importation of fresh apples into the continental United States. We solicited 
comments concerning our proposal for 60 days ending 16 September 2014. We received 128 comments by that date. 
To view the proposed rule, its supporting documents, or the comments that we received, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2014-0003 . 
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/2685/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 26 May 2015. 
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. David B. Lamb, Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, RPM, PPQ, 
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; Tel: +(301) 851 2018  
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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