G/SPS/N/NZL/679  
28 January 2022  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
1. Notifying Member:  NEW ZEALAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry for Primary Industries  
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):  Musa plants for planting (tissue culture, whole plants)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Importation of Nursery Stock (155.02.06) . 
Language(s): English . Number of pages: 362 
6. Description of content:  An amendment to add emergency measures has been 
undertaken in the Musa section in Part 3 of the notified document. The amendment adds a 
requirement for an import permit when importing Musa tissue culture into New Zealand.  
Guidance for importers was also a dded to the requirements for Musa tissue culture and 
whole plants.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pes ts.  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  The Ministry for 
Primary Industries has become aware that the current requirements for importing Musa 
plants for planting into New Zealand do not provide an appropriate level of protection for 
the biosecurity risks associated with Musa tissue culture.   The new requirement for a 
permit serves as an interim measure to manage biosecurity risk while a permanent 
solution is developed.  
9. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : ISPM no. 13  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No G/SPS/N/NZL/679  
 
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  If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  
27 January 2022     
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquir y Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Ms Sally Griffin, Coordinator, SPS New Zealand, PO Box 2526, Wellington, New Zealand, 
Tel: +(64 4) 894 0431, Fax: +(64 4) 894 0733, E -mail: sps@mpi.govt.nz  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ms Sally Griffin, Coordinator, SPS New Zealand, PO Box 2526, Wellington, New Zealand, 
Tel: +(64 4) 894 0431, Fax: +(64 4) 894 0733, E -mail: sps@mpi.govt.nz