G/SPS/N/USA/2361/Add.1  
 
8 March 2013  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 6 March 2013, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Notice of Decision To Issue Permits for the Importation of Strawberry Fruit From Egypt Into the 
Continental United States (Docket No. APHIS-2012-0009) 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public of our decision 
to begin issuing permits for the importation into the continental United States of fresh strawberry fruit from Egypt. Based on the findings of a pest risk analysis, which we made available to the 
public for review and comment through a previous notice, we believe that the application of one or 
more designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of fresh strawberry fruit from 
Egypt. 
 This notice is available in English at: 
 http://www.regulations.gov/#!docu mentDetail;D=APH IS-2012-0009-0007  
 Federal Register Volume 78, Number 39 (Wednesday, 27 February 2013), Pages 13304-
13305 
 We published a notice in the Federal Register on 16 April 2012 (77 FR 22557-22558, Docket 
No. APHIS-2012-0009), in which we announced the availability, for review and comment, of a PRA 
that evaluates the risks associated with the importation into the continental United States of fresh 
strawberry ( Fragaria  spp.) fruit with calyx and short stalk from Egypt. We solicited comments on 
the notice for 60 days ending on 15 June 2012. We received three comments by that date. They 
were from a State department of agriculture, an agricultural research center, and a non-profit 
industry representative. 
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/2361/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 27 February 2013. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comme nts:  [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of 
other body: 
For further information contact: Mr. Marc Phillips, Regulatory Policy Specialist, Regulations, 
Permits, and Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; 
+(1 301) 851 2114  
Text available from:  [X] National Notification 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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