G/SPS/N/USA/2760/Add.1  
 
21 September 2015  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 21 Septem ber 2015, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of United States of America. 
 
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 Final Rule: Importation of Citrus From Peru: Expansion of Citrus-Growing Area (APHIS-2015-0005) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending the fruits and vegetable 
regulations to allow citrus fruit from the entire country of Peru to be imported into the continental 
United States. Currently, the regulations allow the im portation of citrus fruit to the United States 
from five approved citrus-producing zones in Peru, subject to a systems approach. However, based 
on the findings of a pest list and commodity impo rt evaluation document, we have determined that 
this systems approach also mitigates the plant pest risk associated with citrus fruit produced in all other areas of Peru. This action will allow the importation of citrus fruit from the entire country of 
Peru while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of plant pests into the 
continental United States. 
The Notice is available in English at: http://www.regulations.gov/ #!documentDetail;D=APHIS-
2015-0005-0018 . 
On 1 May 2015, APHIS published in the Federal Register (80 FR 24838-24840, Docket No. APHIS-
2015-0005) a proposal to amend §319.56-41 to allow citrus from the entire country of Peru to be imported into the continental United States base d on the findings of a pest list and commodity 
import evaluation document (CIED). APHIS solicited comments on the proposal, pest list, and CIED 
for 60 days ending 30 June 2015 and received 13 comments by that date.  
To view the proposed rule, pest list, CIED, and the comments received, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0005 . 
Federal Register Vol. 80, No. 177, Monday, 14 September 2015, pgs. 55015-55016. 
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/2760/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) : Effective 14 September 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: 
Mr Tony Román, Senior Regulatory Policy Sp ecialist, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 39, 
Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; +(301) 851 2242  
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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