. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1825/Add.1 
23 December 2008  
 (08-6297) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 19 December 2008, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the United States
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Final rule:  Importation of Baby Squash a nd Baby Courgettes from Zambia (APHIS 2007-0144)  
 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is amending the fruits and vegetables regulations to allow the importation into the 
continental United States of baby squash and baby courgettes from Zambia.  As a condition of entry, 
both commodities must be produced in accordan ce with a systems approach that includes 
requirements for pest exclusion at the production site, fruit fly trapping inside and outside the 
production site, and pest-excluding packinghouse pr ocedures.  Both commodities must also be 
accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate with an a dditional declaration stating that the baby squash 
or baby courgettes have been produced in accordance with the requirements of the systems approach.  
This action will allow the importation of baby s quash and baby courgettes from Zambia into the 
United States. 
 
This final rule is available in English at:  Federal Register:  18 December 2008 (Volume 73, 
Number 244) Notice Pages 76863-76868.  To view online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2008 FR Vol. 73, and type "76868" in searchbox  
(with quotation marks). 
 
This action is subsequent to a notice publis hed in the Federal Register on 16 May 2008 (FR 
Volume 73, Number 96, Pages 28372-28377, Docket No. APHIS–2007–0144), in which we announced the availability, for review and comment, of a proposed rule to amend the fruits and 
vegetables regulations to allow the importation into  the continental United States of baby squash and 
baby courgettes from Zambia. (To view this notice online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2008 FR Vol. 73, and search on "page 28372" 
(with quotation marks).)  We solicited comments on the notice for 60 days ending on 15 July 2008.  We received one comment by that date, from a representative of a State government.  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 sc ope of previously notified draft regulation 
 [   ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
 [   ] Change in proposed date of adoptio n, publication or date of entry into force 
 [   ] Other:    G/SPS/N/USA/1825/Add.1 
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Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e 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) :  Not applicable 
 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification Authority, 
[ X ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax num ber and E-mail address (if available) of other 
body
: 
 
For additional information, you may contact: Shir ley Wager Pagé, Branch Chief, Commodity Import 
Analysis and Operations, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; +1 
(301) 734-8758  
 
Text available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, 
fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body : 
 
United States SPS National Notification Authority, US DA Foreign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 10 27, 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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