G/SPS/N/AUS/509/Add.1  
 
25 June 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 25 June 2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Australia . 
 
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Biosecurity Advice 2021 -A02: Final update of non -salmonid marine finfish risk species lists for human 
consumption and baitfish  
The Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment has published 
Biosecurity Advice 2021 A02 ( https://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity/risk -analysis/memos ) 
outlining final updates to the non -salmonid marine finfish risk species lists for human consumption 
and baitfish (risk species lists). The publication follows a stakeholder consultation period for the draft 
updates to the risk species lists as outlined in G/SPS/N/AUS/509.  
On 28 July 2021 the risk species lists on Australia's Biosecurity Import Conditions Da tabase (BICON) 
will be updated, and the risk management approaches set out in the 1999 "Import Risk Analysis on 
Non-viable Salmonids and Non -salmonid Marine finfish" (1999 non -viable marine finfish IRA) will 
apply to the species added to each list.  
These r isk species lists list species of finfish susceptible to pathogens of concern. The lists initially 
arose from the 1999 non -viable marine finfish IRA and can be found on the department's BICON 
database.  
The risk species lists are being updated to ensure the y are up to date and are effective at managing 
biosecurity risk and promote safe trade. Specifically, the update is being done to ensure that the risk 
species lists account for new information about species susceptibility.  
The department carefully consider ed all stakeholder submissions received during the 90 -day 
consultation period on the draft update to the risk species lists (released November 2020). 
The department has made changes to the update in response to stakeholder comments, which are 
listed in Bio security Advice 2021 A02.  
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:  G/SPS/N/AUS/509/Add.1  
 
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  Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the 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, the 
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 - Stakeholder consultation period is complete.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notifica tion Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
The Australian SPS Notification Authority  
GPO Box 858  
Canberra ACT 2601, Australia  
E-mail: sps.contact@agriculture.gov.au  
Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
The Australian SPS Notification Authority  
GPO Box 858  
Canberra ACT 2601, Australia  
E-mail: sps.contact@agriculture.gov.au  
 
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