G/SPS/N/USA/2757/Add.2  
 
28 October 2015  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 27 October 2015, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Final Rule: Importation of Fresh Peppers From Ecuador Into the United States (APHIS-2014-0086) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending the fruits and vegetables regulations 
to allow the importation of fresh peppers into the United States from Ecuador. As a condition of 
entry, the fruit will have to be produced in accordance with a systems approach that includes requirements for fruit fly trapping, pre-harvest in spections, production sites, and packinghouse 
procedures designed to exclude quarantine pests. The fruit will also be required to be imported in 
commercial consignments and accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the national plant protection organization of Ecuador stating that the consignment was produced and prepared 
for export in accordance with the requirements in the systems approach. This action allows for the 
importation of fresh peppers from Ecuador while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of plant pests into the United States. 
This notice is available in English at: http://www.regulations.gov/ #!documentDetail;D=APHIS-
2014-0086-0005 . 
Federal Register/Vol 80, No. 205/Friday, 23 October 2015 pg. 64307-64309. 
On 24 April 2015, we published in the Federal Register (80 FR 22930-22934, Docket No. APHIS-
2014-0086) a proposal to amend the regulations to allow the common bell pepper ( Capsicum 
annuum  L.), locoto pepper ( Capsicum baccatum  L.), habanero pepper ( Capsicum chinense  Jacq.), 
tabasco pepper ( Capsicum frutescens  L.), and manzano pepper ( Capsicum pubescens  Ruiz & Pav.) 
to be imported into the United States under a systems approach. (Hereafter we refer to these 
species as "peppers".) We also prepared a pest risk assessment (PRA) and a risk management document (RMD). The PRA evaluates the risks associated with the importation of fresh peppers from Ecuador into the United States. The RMD relies upon the findings of the PRA to determine the 
phytosanitary measures necessary to ensure the safe importation into the United States of fresh 
peppers from Ecuador. We solicited comments concerning our proposal for 60 days ending 23 June 2015. We did not receive any comments. 
To view the proposed rule, supporting documents, and the comments received, go to: 
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docu mentDetail;D=APH IS-2014-0086-0001 . 
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/2757/Add.2 
 
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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) : Final Rule. Effective 23 November 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: 
Ms Claudia Ferguson, Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, Regulatory Coordination and Compliance, 
PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; Tel: +(301) 851 2352; 
E-mail: Claudia.Ferguson@aphis.usda.gov  
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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