G/SPS/N/AUS/502/Add.15  
 
19 November 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 17 November 2021, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Australia . 
 
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Commencement of Phase 4 and Phase 5 of the Khapra Beetle Emergency Measures  
On 4 August 2020, Australia issued a SPS notification (G/SPS/N/AUS/502) informing trading partners 
of its intention to implement emergency measures to safeguard Australia against the entry, 
establishment and spread of khapra beetle ( Trogoderma granarium ). The emergency measures are 
being implemented in phases and will result in changes to import conditions for plant products and 
sea containers.  
This addendum is to notify trading partners of the expected commencement of Phase 4 and Phase 5 
of the khapra beetle emergency measures in early 2022, and extension of Phase 6A of the measures 
in late 2021.  
Phase 4 and 5 measures  
In early 2022, Phase 4 and Phase 5 of the khapra beetle urgent actions are expected to commence. 
Phase  4 will introduce revised phytosanitary certification requirements for other -risk plant products 
exported from all countries. Phase 5 will introduce phytosanitary certification requirements for seeds 
for sowing exported from all countries and arriving via all arrival modes.  
Summary of the new requirements:  
Phase  Product  Country of export  Product requirements  
Phase 4  Other -risk plant  All countries  Accompanied by a phytosanitary  
 products   certificate issued by the exporting 
country with the additional declaration: 
"Representative samples were inspected 
and found free from evidence of any 
species of Trogoderma  (whether live, 
dead or exuviae) in Australia's list of 
Trogoderma species of biose curity 
concern."  
Phase 5  Seeds for sowing  All countries  Accompanied by a phytosanitary 
certificate issued by the exporting 
country with the additional declaration: 
"Representative samples were inspected 
and found free from evidence of any 
species of Trogoderma  (whether live, 
dead or exuviae) in Australia's list  of 
Trogoderma species of biosecurity 
concern."  G/SPS/N/AUS/502/Add.15  
 
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  Failure to comply with the above requirements may result in the export of the goods and/or the 
container on -arrival in Australia. We will consider transitional arrangements to accommodate 
consignments in -transit closer to the implementation.  
If the products will be packed into an FCL/FCX sea container in a khapra beetle target risk country 
and will unpacked in a regional grain growing area of Australia, the sea container itself will need to 
be treated. See fur ther details on the sea container webpage.  
Extension of Phase 6A measures  
From 12 July 2021, mandatory offshore treatment requirements were introduced for FCL/FCX 
containers packed with all types of goods in a khapra beetle target risk country and destined  to be 
unpacked in a rural grain growing area of Australia. To further minimise the risk of the introduction 
and spread of khapra beetle to high -risk rural areas, we will be extending this requirement to include 
containers destined for unpack in rural nut growing areas of Australia. This will come into effect for 
the above FCL/FCX containers exported on or from 15 December 2021. This expansion to the Phase 
6A measures is anticipated to have minimal impact to industry.  
Note: Upon implementation, our sea cont ainer measures webpage, BICON case: Non -commodity 
cargo clearance, our postcode classification search tool and Rural grain growing postcodes listing 
document will be updated to include the additional rural nut growing postcodes.  
Further information  
Informa tion on the emergency measures for Phase 4 and Phase 5 can be found on the department's 
website:  https://www.awe.gov.au/biosecurity -trade/pests -diseases -weeds/plant/khapra -
beetle/urgent -actions . 
Addenda to this SPS notification will be published to notify the measures and implementation dates 
for subsequent phases. Complete import conditions and details regarding the measures will be 
outlined in the Biosecurity Import Conditions system (BICON  - 
https://bicon.agriculture.gov.au/BiconWeb4.0 ) prior to the implementation date.  
For further information, see:  
− Urgent acti ons to protect against khapra beetle ( Trogoderma granarium ); 
− Sea container measures to protect against khapra beetle ( Trogoderma granarium ); 
− Khapra beetle bulletin;  
− BICON case: Khapra beetle sea container measures;  
− BICON  case: Non -commodity cargo clearance.  
For questions and information regarding sea container measures, please phone 1800 900 090 or 
email SPP@awe.gov.au  (please title the subject line of the email with 'khapra urgent ac tions').  
For questions and information regarding Phase 4 and 5 measures, please phone 1800 900 090 or 
email imports@awe.gov.au  (please title the subject line of the email with 'Plant Tier 2 - khapra urgent 
actions').  
For questions and information related directly to offshore khapra beetle treatments, please email 
offsho retreatments@agriculture.gov.au . 
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Modification of content and/or sco pe of previously notified regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of  regulation  
[ ] Change in period of application of measu re 
[X] Other: Additional information on the implementation of phase 4 and phase 5 of the 
emergency measures.  G/SPS/N/AUS/502/Add.15  
 
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  Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [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  
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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