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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1824/Add.2 
9 June 2010  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 4 June 2010, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States
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Final rule:  Technical Amendment;  Importati on of Tomatoes from Souss-Massa-Draa (APHIS-2008-
0017)  
 In a final rule published in the Federal Re gister on 2 November 2009, and effective on 
2 December 2009, the Animal and Plant Health Insp ection Service (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture amended the fruits and vegetables regulations to a llow the importation of commercial 
consignments of tomatoes from the Souss-Massa- Draa region of Morocco into the United States.  
However, we incorrectly referred to the nationa l plant protection organization of Morocco as the 
Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture's Division of Plan t Protection, Inspection, and Enforcement when it 
was recently changed to the National Office of Food Safety.  The National Office of Food Safety is 
also responsible for export certification inspection and issuance of phytosanitary certificates rather 
than the Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture, Fresh Pr oduct Export.  In order to prevent confusion, we 
are replacing all references to the Moroccan Ministry  of Agriculture's Division of Plant Protection, 
Inspection, and Enforcement and the Moroccan Mini stry of Agriculture, Fresh Product Export with 
the phrase "national plant protection organization of Morocco". 
 This Technical Amendment is available in English at:  Federal Register:  20 May 2010 
(Volume 75, Number 97) Notices Pages 281 87-28188.  To view online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2010 FR Vol. 75, and type "page 28187" in the 
search box (with quotation marks). 
 This action is subsequent to a final ru le published in the Federal Register on 
2 November 2009 (74 FR 56523-56526, Docket No. APHIS-2008-0017), and effective on 2 December 2009, in which APHIS amended the regul ations to allow the importation of commercial 
shipments of tomatoes from the Souss-Massa-Draa re gion of Morocco subject to a systems approach 
similar to that which is already in place in that section for tomatoes imported into the United States 
from other areas within Morocco.  (T o view this notice online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2009 FR Vol. 74, and type "page 56523" in the 
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  This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[ ] 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 
[X] Other:  Technical amendment in a final rule 
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, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax num ber and e-mail address (if available) of other 
body: 
For further information contact:  Ms Charisse Clear e, Project Coordinator, Regulations, Permits, and 
Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 156, Rive rdale, MD 20737-1231;  +(1 301) 734 0773.  
Text available from:  [X] National Notification Au thority, [ ] 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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