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G/SPS/N/USA/2254/Add.1 
19 June 2012  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 15 June 2012, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of United States of America. 
 
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Final Rule:  Importation of Tomatoes From the Econom ic Community of West African States Into the 
Continental United States (Docket No. APHIS-2011-0012) 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Se rvice is amending the fruits and vegetables 
regulations to allow the importation of tomatoes from the member States of the Economic Community 
of West African States (ECOWAS) into the contin ental United States.  As a condition of entry, 
tomatoes from the ECOWAS will be subject to a syst ems approach that includes requirements for pest 
exclusion at the production site, fruit fly trapping and monitoring, and procedures for packing the 
tomatoes.  The tomatoes will also be required to be  accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate issued 
by the national plant protection organization of th e exporting country with an additional declaration 
that the tomatoes have been pro duced in accordance with these require ments.  This action will allow 
for the importation of tomatoes from the ECOW AS into the continental United States while 
continuing to provide protection against the introduction of quarantine pests. 
 This notice is available in English at:  
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docum entDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0012-0010  Federal Register Volume 
77, Number 113 (Tuesday, 12 June 2012), Pages 34781-34783 
 This action is subsequent to a notice publishe d in the Federal Register on 2 August 2011, (76 
FR 46209-46212, Docket No. APHIS-2011-0012) in which we notified a proposal to amend the 
regulations by allowing tomatoes from the member  States of the Economic Community of West 
African States (ECOWAS) to be imported into  the continental United States under a systems 
approach that would include requirements for pest exclusion at the production site, fruit fly trapping 
and monitoring, and procedures for packing the tomato es.  We also proposed to require the tomatoes 
to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate i ssued by the national plant protection organization 
of the exporting country with an additional declaration that the tomatoes had been produced in accordance with the proposed requirements.  We solicited comments concerning our proposal for 60 days ending 3 October 2011.  We received four comments by that date. 
 This rule is effective 12 July 2012. G/SPS/N/USA/2254/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. Tony  Roman, Import Specialist, Plant Protection 
and Quarantine, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; +1 (301) 851-2242. 
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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