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G/SPS/N/USA/2182/Add.1 
9 November 2011  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 8 November 2011, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the United States. 
 
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Final Rule:  Importation of Bromeliad Plants in  Growing Media from Belgium, Denmark, and the 
Netherlands 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Serv ice is amending the regulations governing the 
importation of plants and plant produc ts to add Bromeliad plants of the genera Aechmea, Cryptanthus, 
Guzmania, Hohenbergia, Neorege lia, Tillandsia, and Vriesea from Belgium, Denmark, and the 
Netherlands to the list of plants that may be im ported into the United States in an approved growing 
medium, subject to specified growing, inspection, and certification requirements.  We are taking this 
action in response to requests from those three countri es and after determining that the plants can be 
imported, under certain conditions, without resultin g in the introduction into, or the dissemination 
within, the United States of a plant pest or noxious weed.  
 This final rule is available in English at:  Federal Register:  2 November 2011 (Volume 76, 
Number 212) Notices Pages 67581-6 7583. To view online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2011 FR Vol. 76, and type "page 67581" in the 
search box (with quotation marks). 
 This action is subsequent to a notice publis hed in the Federal Register (76 FR 13890-13892, 
Docket No. APHIS-2010-0005), a proposal  to ame nd the regulations governing the importation of 
plants and plant products to add Bromeliad plants of the genera Aechmea, Cryptanthus, Guzmania, 
Hohenbergia, Neoregelia, Tillandsia , and Vriesea from Belgium, Denmark, and the Netherlands to the 
list of plants that may be imported into the Unite d States in an approved growing medium, subject to 
specified growing, inspection, and certification requirements.  The Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service (APHIS) took this action in re sponse to requests from those three countries and 
after determining that the plants could be importe d, under certain conditions, without resulting in the 
introduction into, or the dissemination within, the Un ited States of a plant pest or noxious weed.  We 
solicited comments concerning our proposal for 60 days ending 16 May 2011.  We received eight 
comments by that date.  They were from a domestic grower, a domestic growers' association, a State Government, and two foreign exporters. 
 This rule is effective 2 December 2011. G/SPS/N/USA/2182/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 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) :  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:  Mr. William Aley, Senior Import Specialist, Commodity Import 
Analysis and Operations, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; +1 
(301)-734-5057  
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 14, 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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