G/SPS/N/NZL/700/Add.1  
9 March 2023  
(23-1731) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 8 March 2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of New Zealand . 
 
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Issuance of amended import health standards for fresh table grapes from Chile, the Republic of Korea, 
and the United States of America (California)  
Adoption sate of regulation: 7 March 2023  
This addendum concerns the amendment of the previously notified Import Health Standards:  
− Commodity Sub -class: Fresh Fruit/Vegetables Table grapes, ( Vitis vinifera ) from the United States 
of America  – State  of California  - 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/NZL/23_1780_00_e. pdf; 
− Commodity Sub -class: Fresh Fruit/Vegetables Table grapes, ( Vitis vinifera  L., Vitis labrusca  L. and 
Vitis labruscana  L.) from the Republic  of Korea  - 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/NZL/23_1780_01_e.pdf ; and  
− Ministry for Primary Industries Standard 152.02: Importation and Clearance of Fresh Fru it and 
Vegetables into New Zealand (schedules for fresh table grapes from Chile, the Republic of Korea, 
and the United  States  of America  (California))  - 
https://members.wt o.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/NZL/23_1780_02_e.pdf . 
The amendment to these import health standards was notified in G/SPS/N/NZL/700 dated 26 October 
2022 with the adoption, publication, and entry into force date of 31 January 2023. The new date of 
adoption,  publication, and entry into force is 7 March 2023.  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[X] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measur e 
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 
circumstances, 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  G/SPS/N/NZL/700/Add.1  
 
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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:  
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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