G/SPS/N/NZL/688/Add.1  
 
1 November 2022  
(22-8184) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 1 November 2022, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of New Zealand . 
 
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Proposed amendment to import health standard  Seeds for Sowing  (155.02.05)  
Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
The measures being adopted are:  
− Import requirements for small seed lots: small seed lots of species eligible to import under the 
specific requirements in the import health standard for Capsicum (capsicum), Solanum (Solanum 
melongena only) (eggplant), Solanum lycopersicum  (tomato) and Zea (corn) can be tested as 
composite samples for the presence of quarantine pests, offshore prior to export or on -arrival in 
New Zealand;  
− A phytosanitary certificate as a requirement for Raphanus sativus  (radish) seeds for sowing;  
− An option for Phaseolus  (bean) and Pisum  (pea) seeds to be tested for the presence of quarantine 
pests, offshore prior to export;  
− Addition of Matthiola incana  and Cyperus papyrus  to the list of species approved for import as 
pelleted seed;  
− Removal of the following pests from pest lists and measures for these pests: Rhizopus maydis  
and Phaeocytostroma ambiguum  on Zea (corn) seed, Cercospora loti  on Lotus (lotus) seed, 
Peronoscleros pora sorghi  and Sclerospora graminicola  on Panicum  (panicum) seed.  
Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
An additional trade -enabling option has been added to the import requirements for small seed lots of 
species eli gible to import under the specific requirements in the import health standard for Capsicum 
(capsicum), Solanum (Solanum melongena only) (eggplant), Solanum lycopersicum  (tomato) and 
Zea (corn) in the import health standard Seeds for Sowing . 
− The option is for small seed lots to be produced from parent plants that are officially tested for 
the presence of quarantine virus pests and inspected during the growing season for quarantine 
bacterial pests. The national plant protection organisation (NPPO) of the exporting country is 
required to provide an additional declaration on the phytosanitary certificate to endorse that the 
measure has been performed according to the requirements of the import health standard.  
There is also a significant minor amendme nt that is being incorporated into this amendment. 
The additional declaration for the quarantine pest Anguina tritici  in the specific requirements for 
Triticum  seeds for sowing has been changed to:  
"The Triticum  seeds have been:  
inspected microscopically i n accordance with official procedures and Anguina tritici  was not detected".  
Previously, this declaration required that "no Anguina tritici  spores were detected", which is irrelevant 
to this pest as it is a nematode.  
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  This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication  or entry into force of regulation  
[X] 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:  
Comm ent 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 
circum stances, 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  
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:  
Sally Griffin, Coordinator, SPS New Zealand, PO Box 2526, Wellington, New Zealand. Tel: +(64 4) 
894 0431; Fax: +(64 4) 894 0733; E -mail: sps@mpi.govt.nz  
Website: https://www.mpi.govt.nz/news -and-resources /consultations  
Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Sally Griffin, Coordinator, SPS New Zealand, PO Box 2526, Wellington, New Zealand . Tel: +(64 4) 
894 0431; Fax: +(64 4) 894 0733; E -mail: sps@mpi.govt.nz  
Website: https://www.mpi.govt.nz/news -and-resources/consultations  
 
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