G/SPS/N/USA/2889  
 
31 August 2016  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: UNITED STATES OF AME RICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff i tem number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Fresh persimmons  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries: New Zealand  
5. Title of the notified document: Proposed Rule: Imports: Fresh Persimmons From New 
Zealand (Docket # APHIS -2015-0052) . Language(s): English . Number of pages: 4 
https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=APHIS -2015-0052-0001 
6. Description of content: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is 
proposing to amend the regulations concerning the importation of fru its and vegetables 
to allow the importation of fresh persimmons from New Zealand into the United States. 
As a condition of entry, the persimmons would have to be produced in accordance with a 
systems approach that would include requirements for orchard cer tification, orchard pest 
control, post harvest safeguards, fruit culling, traceback, sampling, and treatment with 
either hot water or modified atmosphere treatment. The persimmons would also have to 
be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an add itional declaration stating that 
they were produced under, and meet all the components of, the systems approach and 
were inspected and found to be free of quarantine pests in accordance with the proposed 
requirements. This action would allow the importati on of fresh persimmons from 
New Zealand while continuing to protect against the introduction of plant pests into the 
United States.  
Federal Register/Vol. 81, No. 166/Friday, 26 August 2016/Pgs. 58870 -58873.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ ]  food safety, [ ]  animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission  (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :   
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :   
[X] None G/SPS/N/USA/2889  
 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [ ] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:     
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 25 October 2016  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ]  National Notification 
Authority, [ ]  National E nquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
You may submit comments by either of the following methods:  
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to  
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS -2015-0052. 
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to Docket No. APHIS -2015-0052, 
Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A -03.8, 4700 River Road 
Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 207 37-1238.  
Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may be viewed at 
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS -2015-0052. 
For further information  contact: Mr David B. Lamb, Senior Regulatory Policy  
Specialist, IRM, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737 -1231; 
+(301) 851 2103  
13. Text(s)  available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [ ]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fa x number and e -mail address (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 13 01; Fax: +(1 202) 720 0433; E -mail: 
us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov