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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NZL/256
8 August 2003
(03-4157)
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 (MAF)
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):  Plant derived oil-extracted meals (copra, cottonseed meal, palm kernel meal,
rape/canola meal and soybean meal) for animal feed.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Affected countries depends on the meal type:
(a) Palm kernel meal/cake and copra meal/cake:
American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, 
French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marsha ll Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, 
Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn, Samoa, Solomon 
Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines.
(b) Cottonseed meal, Rape/canola meal and Soybean meal:
Australia, Argentine, Brazil, Canada, India, USA.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Importation of Plant
Derived Oil-extracted Meals for Animal Feed into New Zealand (available in English,
11 pages).
6. Description of content:  The import requirements for the listed products stipulates the
cleanliness requirements for the importation of plant meals derived as a by-product of oilextraction, imported for animal feed. This includes the pre-import requirements,
documentation, phytosanitary certification requirements, additional declarations to the
phytosanitary certificate, and inspection requirements.
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [ X ] 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, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[ X ] International Plant Protec tion Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:G/SPS/N/NZL/256
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  None
10. Proposed date of adoption:   15 October 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   15 October 2003
12. Final date for comments:  10 October 2003
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Plant Imports – Consultation on Plant Derived Oil-extracted Meals
Plants Biosecurity
Biosecurity AuthorityMinistry of Agriculture and Forestry
PO Box 2526
WELLINGTON
NEW ZEALAND
Fax: +64 4 474 4257
Email: plantimports@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:
Sally Griffin, Coordinato r, SPS New Zealand, PO Box 2526, 101-103 The Terrace,
Wellington, New Zealand.  Tel:  + 64 4 474 4140;  Fax:  +64 4 4702730;
E-mail:  sps@maf.govt.nz
Website:  www.maf.govt.nz/biosecurity/sps/tra nsparency/notifications/index.htm