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G/SPS/N/USA/2131/Add.1 
2 May 2012  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 20 April 2012, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of United States. 
 
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Final Rule: Importation of Clementines From Spai n; Amendment to Inspection Provisions (Docket 
No. APHIS-2010-0036) 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Serv ice is amending the regulations governing the 
importation of clementines from Spain by removing from the regulations the number of clementines 
per consignment intended for export to the United States that are required to be sampled by inspectors 
of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (A PHIS).  In place of this number, we will state in 
the regulations that inspectors will cut and inspect a sample of clementines determined by APHIS.  By 
removing from the regulations the number of clemen tines per consignment from Spain to be sampled, 
we will have the flexibility to respond to changing risk levels while continuing to provide protection 
against the introduction of quarantine pests. 
 This notice is available in English at:  Federal Register:  16 April 2012 (Volume 77, 
Number 73) Notices Pages 22463-22465.  To view online, go to 
 http://www.regulations.gov/#!docum entDetail;D=APHIS-2010-0036-0006   
 This action is subsequent to a notice publis hed in the Federal Register on 29 December 2010 
(FR Volume 75, Pages 81942-81943, Docket No. APHIS-2010-0036), in which a proposal was announced to amend the regulations by removing the requirement in Sec.  319.56-34(f) that 200 fruit 
from each consignment be sampled by cutting befo re treatment and replacing it with the statement 
that the number of fruit to be sampled before trea tment will be determined by the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service (APHIS).  We explained in  the proposal that this change would give us the 
flexibility to raise or lower the fruit sampling rate when conditions indicate a higher or lower risk of 
Medfly.  With this change, we stated that we woul d be able to adjust the sampling rate and thereby 
detect pests that might otherwise go undetected prio r to treatment.  We also stated that the actual 
sampling rate would continue to be included in  the work plan agreed to by APHIS and the 
Government of Spain, which describes in detail how the regulations are implemented operationally. 
We solicited comments concerning our proposal for 60 days ending February 28, 2011.  We received 
three comments by that date.  They were from the national plant protection organization (NPPO) of 
Spain, a domestic citrus trade associ ation, and a grou p of students. 
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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 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) :  16 May 2012. 
Agency or authority designated to handle commen ts:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
For further information contact:  Mr. Paul Mc Gowan, Operational Director, Preclearance and 
Offshore Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231;  +1 (301) 
851-2312.  
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 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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