G/SPS/N/USA/2521/Add.1
8 January 2015 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 5 January 2015, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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 Final Rule: Importation of Plants for Planting (Docket No. APHIS-2008-0071) 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is  amending the regulations on importing plants 
for planting to add Turkey to the list of countries from which the importation of restricted articles 
of Chrysanthemum spp., Leucanthemella serotina, and Nipponanthemum nipponicum into the United States is prohibited due to the presence of white rust of Chrysanthemum; to require 
permits for the importation of any seed that is coated, pelleted, or embedded in a substrate that 
obscures visibility; to provide for an alternate additional declaration on phytosanitary certificates that accompany articles imported from a country in which potato cyst nematodes are known to 
occur; to provide conditions for the importation of Prunus spp. articles from Canada that address 
the presence of plum pox potyvirus in that country ; and to provide for the importation of Dianthus 
spp. (carnations) from the Netherlands. We are also making other changes to update and clarify 
the regulations and to improve their effectiven ess. These changes are necessary to relieve 
restrictions that appear unnecessary, to update existing provisions, and to make the regulations 
easier to understand and implement. 
This notice is available in English at: http://www.regulations.gov/ #!documentDetail;D=APHIS-
2008-0071-0010 . 
Federal Register Vol. 79, No. 241, Tuesday, 16 December 2014. 
On 12 February 2013, we published in the Federal Register (78 FR 9851-9865, Docket No. APHIS-
2008-0071) a proposed rule to amend various provisions of the regulations. We solicited 
comments concerning our proposal for 60 days ending 15 April 2013. We received eight comments by that date. 
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.)  G/SPS/N/USA/2521/Add.1 
 
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  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : This rule is effective 15 January 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. Heather Coady, Regulatory Policy Specialist, Plants for Planting Policy, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 
Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737, Tel: +(1 301) 851 2076.  
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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