G/SPS/N/USA/2563/Add.1  
 
29 November 2013  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 27 November 2013, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of United States of America. 
 
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 Final Rule:  Decision to Authorize Swiss Chard from Colombia (No. APHIS-2013-0052) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APH IS) is advising the public of our decision to 
authorize the importation into the continental United States of Swiss chard from Colombia. 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 have determined that the application of one or more 
designated phytosanitary measures will be suffic ient to mitigate the risks of introducing or 
disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of Swiss chard from Colombia. 
This notice is available in English at:  http://www.regulations.gov/ #!documentDetail;D=APHIS-
2013-0052-0004  
Federal Register, Vol. 78, No. 224, Wednesday 20 November 2013, pages 69640-69641. 
In accordance with that process, we published a notice (1) in the Federal Register on 8 July 2013 
(78 FR 40688-40689, Docket No. APHIS-2013-0052), in which we announced the availability, for 
review and comment, of a PRA that evaluated the risks associated with the importation into the 
continental United States of Swiss chard ( Beta vulgaris  ssp. cicla (L.) Koch) from Colombia. The 
PRA consisted of a risk assessment identifying pests of quarantine significance that could follow 
the pathway of importation of Swiss chard from Colombia into the continental United States and a 
risk management document identifying phytosanitary measures to be applied to that commodity to mitigate the pest risk. We solicited comments on  the notice for 60 days ending on 6 September 
2013. We did not receive any comments by that date.  Therefore, in accordance with the 
regulations in § 319.56-4(c)(2)(ii), we are announ cing our decision to authorize the importation 
into the continental United States of Swiss chard from Colombia subject to the following phytosanitary measures: 
 The Swiss chard must be imported in commercial consignments only; 
 The Swiss chard is subject to inspection at the port of entry; and 
 The Swiss chard must be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued by the national 
plant protection organization of Colombia with the additional declaration stating that the 
consignment was inspected and found free of Copitarsia incommoda  and Liriomyza 
huidobrensis .  
These conditions will be listed in the Fruits  and Vegetables Import Requirements database 
(available at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/favir ). In addition to these specific measures, Swiss chard 
from Colombia will be subject to the general requ irements listed in § 319.56-3 that are applicable 
to the importation of all fruits and vegetables. G/SPS/N/USA/2563/Add.1 
 
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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:   
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 20 November 2013 
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: Ms. Dorothy Wayson, Senior Regulatory Policy Specialist, Plant 
Health Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; Tel: +(1  
301) 851 2036.  
Text 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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