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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/USA/1866/Add.1 
15 April 2009  
 (09-1768) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 9 April 2 009, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States
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Final rule:  Importation of Sweet Orang es and Grapefruit from Chile (APHIS-2007-0115)
 
  The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice (APHIS) of the US Department of 
Agriculture is amending the fruits and vegetables re gulations to allow the importation, under certain 
conditions, of sweet oranges and gr apefruit from Chile into the contin ental United States.  Based on 
the evidence in a recent pest risk  analysis, we believe these articles can be safely imported from all 
provinces of Chile, provided certain conditions are me t.  This action provides for the importation of 
sweet oranges and grapefruit from Chile into the c ontinental United States while continuing to protect 
the United States against the introduction of plant pest s.  This final rule is effective 7 May 2009.  
 
 This final rule is available in English a t:  Federal Register:  7 April 2009 (Volume 74, 
Number 65) Notices Pages 15635-15640.  To view online, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/advanced.html
, select 2009 FR Vol. 74, and type "15635" in the search 
box (with quotation marks).   This action is subsequent to a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on 
28 August 2008 (2008 FR Volume 73, Number 168, Pages 50732-50738, Docket No. APHIS–2007–
0115), in which APHIS announced a proposal to ame nd the regulations by allowing the importation, 
into the continental United States, of commercia l shipments of sweet oranges and grapefruit from 
Chile 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 "50732" in the search 
box (with quotation marks)).  We solicited comme nts concerning our proposal for 60 days ending 
27 October 2008.  We received 33 comments by th at date.  They were from importers, private 
citizens, a State department of agriculture, citr us growers and shippers, a trade association, port 
facilities, a customs brokerage firm, grocery stor es, a national plant protection organization, and 
industry groups. 
 
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 G/SPS/N/USA/1866/Add.1 
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   [   ] 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) :  N/A 
 
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 
5333.  
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-ma il:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov 
  
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