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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NZL/185
18 September 2002
(02-4964)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  NEW ZEALAND
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Cervine embryos from deer
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Australia
5.Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Import health standard
for the importation into New Zealand of cervine embryos from Australia(5 September 2002), (available in English), (11 pages).
6. Description of content:  The import health standard includes the following safeguards
against diseases of concern:
(a) Testing and treatment of donor animals
(b) Collection, processing and storage of embryos as per the Manual of the International
Embryo Transfer Society (IETS);  and
(c) requirement for official assurance by the third party country.
As these are trade-facilitating measures the import health standard has been adopted.
However, New Zealand will still take any comments into account and amend the import
health standard if necessary.
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations: OIE International Animal Health Code
recommendations for importation of cervid embryos Appendix 3.3.7.  Disease not listed in
the OIE Code  are also considered.
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available: Biosecurity Act 1993
(as amended) (English)
10. Proposed date of adoption:  6 September 2002G/SPS/N/NZL/185
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11. Proposed date of entry into force:  6 September 2002
12. Final date for comments:  12 November 2002
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ X ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:   Dr Gillian Mylrea, National Adviser, International Trade, Animal
Biosecurity Group, MAF Biosecurity Authority, PO Box 2526, Wellington, New Zealand;
Tel: (+64) 4 470 2778, Fax: (+64) 4 474 4227, e-mail: mylreag@maf.govt.nz
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority,  [   ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Mr. Keawe Woodmore, Coordinator, SPS New Zealand, PO Box 2526, 101-103 The
Terrace, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND. Tel:  +64 4 474 4226; Fax:  +64 4 470 2730; E-
mail:  sps@maf.govt.nz
Website: www.maf.govt.nz/biosecurity/sps/transparency/notifications/index.htm