G/SPS/N/NZL/648  
 
21 April 2021  
(21-3412) 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):  Cannabis sativa , Capsicum , Chrysanthemum coronarium , Petunia , 
Phaseolus , Pisum , Solanum lycopersicum  and Vicia seeds for sowing  
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:  Proposed amendment to Import Health Standard : 
Seeds for Sowing  (155.02.05) . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  170 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/ 2021/SPS/NZL/21_2900_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Proposed amendments to the Import Health Standard: Seeds 
for Sowing (155.02.05) include:  
− Removal of ELISA as a testing method for Tomato brown rugose fruit virus  on 
Capsicum  and Solanum lycopersicum  seeds for sowing from all countries;  
− Removal of Hemp streak virus and Hemp mosaic virus from the pest list for Cannabis 
sativa , and removal of measures for these pests on Cannabis sativa  seeds for sowing 
from all countries;  
− Removal of Artichok e yellow ringspot virus  from the pest list for Phaseolus , and 
removal of measures for this pest on Phaseolus  sp. seeds for sowing from all 
countries;  
− Removal of Pea enation mosaic virus  from the pest lists for Pisum  and Vicia sp., and 
removal of measures for this pest on Pisum  sp. and Vicia sp. seed for sowing from all 
countries;  
− Removal of Peanut stunt virus  from the pest lists for Phaseolus  and Vicia sp., and 
removal of measures for this pest on Phaseolus  sp. and Vicia sp. seeds for sowing 
from all countries;  
− Addition of requirements for Potato spindle tuber viroid  (PSTVd) on Glebionis 
coronaria  (synonym Chrysanthemum coronarium ) and Petunia  sp. seeds for sowing.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health , [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/NZL/648  
 
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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) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : ISPM N° 1 
and 38  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] 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: Proposed amendments to the specific requirements for 
Cannabis sativa , Capsicum , Chrysanthemum coronarium , Petunia , Phaseolus , Pisum , 
Solanum lycopersicum  and Vicia in Import Health Standard: Seeds for Sowing 
(155.02.05)  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/NZL/21_2900_01_e.pdf  (available 
in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 July 2021  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 July 2021  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 1 July 2021  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 20 June 2021  
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:   
Mrs Sally Jennings, 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 -notifications/  
13. Text(s) available fro m: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Mrs Sally Jennings, 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/