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G/SPS/N/USA/2039/Add.1 
13 September 2011  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 7 September 2011, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the United States. 
 
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Final Rule:  Importation of Peppers fro m Panama (Docket No. APHIS-2010-0002) 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Servi ce is amending the regulations to allow, under 
certain conditions, the importation of commercial sh ipments of peppers from Panama into the United 
States without treatment. Conditions of entry to wh ich the peppers will be subject include trapping, 
pre-harvest inspection, and shipping procedures. Th is action will allow for the importation of peppers 
from Panama into the United States while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of 
quarantine pests. 
 This final rule is available in English at:  Federal Register:  23 August 2011 (Volume 76, 
Number 163) Notices Pages 52544-5 2547. To view online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2011 FR Vol. 76, and type "page 52544" in the 
search box (with quotation marks). 
 This action is subsequent to a notice publishe d on 1 June 2010, in the Fe deral Register (75 FR 
30303-30305, Docket No. APHIS-2010-0002) a proposal  1 to amend the regulations in § 319.56-40 
by allowing, under certain conditions, the importation of commercial shipments of peppers from Panama into the United States without treatment. We also proposed to add two additional pests to the 
list of pests for which inspection is required:  Bacteria l wilt and tomato severe leaf curl virus.  Finally, 
we proposed removing two pests from the list of pe sts for which peppers from Central America must 
be inspected:  The banana moth ( Opogona sacchari ) and tomato yellow mosaic virus.  We solicited 
comments concerning our proposal for 60 days e nding 2 August 2010.  We received five comments 
by that date.  They were from producers, repr esentatives of State and foreign governments, and 
private individuals. 
 This Rule is effective 22 September 2011. 
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 G/SPS/N/USA/2039/Add.1 
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  [ ] 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: 
David Lamb, Import Specialist, Regulatory Coor dination and Compliance, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River 
Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; +1 (301) 734-0627.  
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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