G/SPS/N/NZL/627  
 
20 May 2020  
(20-3712) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
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):  All vehicles, machinery and parts  
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:  Import Health Standard for Vehicles, Machinery and 
Parts. Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  32 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/NZL/20_3242_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/NZL/20_3242_01_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Proposed layout and usability improvements: The layout has 
been changed to give importers greater assurance around the types of vehicles, 
machinery and pa rts captured by the requirements of the Standard, especially brown 
marmorated stink bug (BMSB) management requirements; and The Standard is now 
solely based on commodity types without designated sections for BMSB management or 
used vehicles, machinery and parts ; and The specific commodity type lists (Schedule 1) 
have been expanded to provide as much inclusion and exclusion examples as possible.  
Proposed changes to measures:  
Moldova, Portugal and the Ukraine have been included as BMSB risk countries. Three 
changes relating to BMSB management including; the removal of new vehicle type 
exclusions, mandatory submission of a declaration linked to exclusion criteria for some 
new commodities and minor changes to the residual insecticide treatment option for 
import ers of aircraft and watercraft. Three changes relating to the more general import 
pathway for vehicles, machinery and parts.  
All changes are separately listed and discussed in the supporting risk management 
proposal  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food sa fety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/NZL/627  
 
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  8. 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) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Risk Management Proposal  (available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 17 July 2020  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if avail able) of other body:   
Treatments and Inanimate Pathways Group  
Plant and Pathways Directorate  
Biosecurity New Zealand  
Ministry for Primary Industries  
PO Box 2526 Wellington,  
NZ Email: standards@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: