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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NZL/262
21 October 2003
(03-5555)
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):   
Grain or seed for consumption or pr ocessing of the following plants:
Avena sativa  (Oat grains), Cathamus tinctorius  (Safflower seeds), Cicer arietinum
(Chickpea seeds), Glycine max  (Soybean seeds), Gossypium  spp.  (Cotton seeds), Guizotia
abyssinica  (Niger seeds), Helianthus annuus  (Sunflower seeds), Hordeum spp. (Barley
grains), Lens culinaris  (Lentil seeds), Lupinus  spp. (Lupin grains), Medicago spp.
(Alfalfa/Lucerne seeds), Panicum miliaceum  (Millet seeds), Phalaris canariensis  (Canary
Grass seeds), Phaseolus  spp. (Green bean seeds), Pisum  spp. (Pea seeds), Secale cereale
(Rye/Ryecorn seeds), Setaria italica  (Foxtail/Italian Millet seeds), Sorghum bicolor
(Sorghum grains), Triticosecale  (Triticale grains), Triticum spp. (Wheat grains), Vicia
(Broad Bean seeds), Vigna (Bean/Cowpea seeds)  and Zea mays  (Maize, Popcorn,
Sweetcorn grains).
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All
countries.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   M A F  Biosecurity
Authority (Plants) Operational Standard PIT- GFP-PHR, Grain for Processing, Plant Health
Requirements (Available in English, 177 pages)
6. Description of content: This MAF Biosecurity Authority Standard specifies the
phytosanitary requirements for importation of grain or seeds for consumption or processing
into New Zealand.  This standard is intended to be used in conjunction with MAF
Operational Standard – PIT-GFP-ISR: Grain for Processing, Import System Requirements.
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safet y, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  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:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  NoneG/SPS/N/NZL/262
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10. Proposed date of adoption:   22 December 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   22 December 2003
12. Final date for comments:  22 December 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 MAF Import Health Standard - Grain for Processing: Plant
Health Requirements - PIT-GFP-PHR
Plants BiosecurityBiosecurity Authority
Ministry 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:  Ms Sally Griffin,
Coordinator, 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/transparency/notifications/index.htm