G/SPS/N/NZL/673  
 
15 November 2021  
(21-8605) 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):  Cargo susceptible to contain the brown marmorated stink bug 
(BMSB), including:  
− Section XII, Chapters 64 -67: Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walki ng-
sticks, seat -sticks, whips, riding -crops and parts thereof; prepared feathers and 
articles made therewith; artificial flowers; articles of human hair ; 
− Section XIII, Chapters 68 -70: Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or 
similar materials;  ceramic products; glass and glassware ; 
− Section XVI, Chapters 84 -85: Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical 
equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and 
sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles ; 
− Section XVII, Chapters 86 -89: Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport 
equipment ; 
− Section XX, Chapters 94 -96: Miscellaneous manufactured articles . 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Albania ; Andorra ; Armenia ; Austria ; Azerbaijan ; 
Belgium ; Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Bulgaria ; Canada ; Croatia ; Czech Republic ; 
France ; Japan ; Georgia ; Germany ; Greece ; Hungary ; Italy; Kazakhstan ; 
UNMIK/Kosovo ; Liechtenstein ; Luxembourg ; Moldova, Republic of ; Montenegro ; 
Netherlands ; Poland ; Portugal ; North Macedonia ; Romania ; Russian Federation ; 
Serbia ; Slovenia ; Slovak Republic ; Spain ; Switzerland ; Turkey ; Ukraine ; United 
States of America  
5. Title of the notified document:  Risk Management Proposal review and Amendment of 
BMSB treatment . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  9 
6. Description of content:  An additional treatment for brown marmorated stink bug risk 
cargo to  be included in the MPI Standard: Treatment Requirement: Approved Biosecurity 
Treatments (ABTRT). This document contains the rationale behind and the 
recommendation to implement the use of a combination of ethyl formate and carbon 
dioxide to fumigate BMSB risk cargo in New Zealand.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] 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/673  
 
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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, chapte r 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:    
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) : 12 November 2021  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 12 November 2021 . As the implementation of this 
additional treatment option is trade -facilitating , it is anticipated that the MPI Standard: 
Treatment Requirement: Approved Biose curity Treatments will be issued after the end of 
the consultation period.  
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 bo dy:  
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/importing/overview/access -and-trade -into-new-
zealand/world -trade -organization -notificatio ns/ 
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:   
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/importing/o verview/access -and-trade -into-new-
zealand/world -trade -organization -notifications/