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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1989/Add.1 
8 November 2010  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 2 November 2010, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of the United States
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Final Rule:  Removal of Varietal Restrictions  on Apples from Japan (Docket No. APHIS-2009-0020)
 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is amending the regulations that allow the importation of Fuji variety apples from Japan to 
allow all varieties of Malus domestica apples into  the United States under the same conditions as 
those for Fuji variety apples.  We have determin ed that the risk associated with allowing other 
varieties of M. domestica apples from Japan into the United States is the same as that posed by Fuji 
variety apples.  This rule allows all varieties of  M. domestica apples from Japan to be imported into 
the United States while continuing to protect agains t the introduction of quarantine pests.  This final 
rule will be effective on 22 October 2010. 
 This final rule is available in English a t: Federal Register:  22 October 2010 (Volume 75, 
Number 204) Notices Pages 65213-65214.  To view online, go to 
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2010 FR Vol. 75, and type "page 65213" in the 
search box (with quotation marks). 
 This action is subsequent to a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on 
10 March 2010 (2010 FR Volume 75, Number 46, Pages 11071-11072, Docket No. APHIS-2009-
0020), in which APHIS announced a proposal to amend the regulations in Sec. 319.56-27 by allowing 
all varieties of Malus domestica apples into the United States from Japan under the same treatment 
and inspection conditions required for Fuji variety ap ples from Japan.  (To view this notice online, go 
to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html , select 2010 FR Vol. 75, and type "page 11071" in the 
search box (with quotation marks)).  
 We solicited comments concerning the proposed rule for 60 days ending 10 May 2010.  We 
received six comments by that date.  They were fro m private citizens and from an association of 
horticultural producers. G/SPS/N/USA/1989/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 commen ts:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
For further information contact:  
Ms. Claudia Ferguson, M.S., Regulatory Policy Sp ecialist, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 39, 
Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; +1 (301) 734-0754 
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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