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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1884/Add.1 
27 May 2009  
 (09-2549) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
 
 
The following communication, received on 22 May 2 009, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States . 
 
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 Final rule:  Importation of Longa n from Taiwan (APHIS-2007-0161)
 
 
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is amending the regulations to allow the importation of commercial shipments of fresh 
longan with stems from Chinese Taipei into the Unite d States.  As a condition of entry, the longan 
will be subject to cold treatment and special port-of-arrival inspection procedures for certain quarantine pests.  In addition, the fruit will have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate 
stating that the fruit was inspected and found to be free of certain quarantine pests, and the individual 
cartons or boxes in which the longan are shippe d will be stamped or printed with a statement 
prohibiting their importation into or distribution in th e State of Florida.  This action will allow for the 
importation of commercial shipments of fresh longan with stems from Chinese Taipei into the United 
States while continuing to provide protection agains t the introduction of quarantine pests into the 
United States.  This final rule is effective 19 June 2009.  
This final rule is available in English at:  Federal Register : 20 May 2009 (Volume 74, 
Number 96) Notices Pages 23609-2 3612. To view online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2009 FR Vol. 74, and type "23609" in the search 
box (with quotation marks).  
This action is subsequent to a proposed ru le published in the Federal Register on 
7 November 2008 (2008 FR Volume 73, Number 217, Pages 66200-66205, Docket No. APHIS–
2007–0161), in which APHIS announced a proposal to amend the regulations by allowing the importation of commercial shipments of fresh longan with stems from Chinese Taipei into the United 
States subject to certain conditions.  (To view this notice online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2008 FR Vol. 73, and type "66200" in the search 
box (with quotation marks)).  We solicited comme nts concerning our proposal for 60 days ending 
6 January 2009.  We received two comments by that date.  They were from a research entomologist 
and from a private citizen.  G/SPS/N/USA/1884/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 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:     
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 number and E-mail address (if available) of other body
: 
 
For further information contact: Mr. Alex Belano, Branch Chief, Risk Mana gement and Plants for 
Planting Policy, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Un it 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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