G/SPS/N/NZL/663  
 
29 October 2021  
(21-8231) 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):  Seed for sowing - Solanum lycopersicum  
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:  Import health standard Seeds for Sowing (155.02.05) . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  167 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/NZL/21_6853_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  MPI proposes a change to the testing requirement for Pepino 
mosaic virus  in the specific requirements for tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum)  in the Import 
Health Standard: Seeds for Sowing (155.02.05) to require that:  
seeds are officially tested, on a represen tative sample of a minimum of 3,000 seeds 
officially drawn according to the ISTA or AOSA sampling methodology, using an 
NPPO -approved ELISA or NPPO -approved PCR testing method and found free from 
Pepino  mosaic virus . Currently, the testing requirement for Pepino mosaic virus  for tomato 
seeds for sowing in the Import Health Standard: Seeds for Sowing (155.02.05) requires 
that "seeds are officially tested, on a representative sample, and using appropriate 
methods, and found to be free from Pepino mosaic virus ." 
The proposed amendment strengthens the measures for Pepino mosaic virus  in the Import 
Health Standard: Seeds for Sowing (155.02.05) by making the testing requirements more 
prescriptive.  
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.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or se rial 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 
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  [ ] 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 a re available:  
Risk Management Proposal  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/NZL/21_6853_01_e.pdf   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 February 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 February 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of pu blication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 1 February 2022  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 28 December 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:   
Ms Sally Griffin, Coordinator, SPS New Zealand, PO Box 2526, Wellington, New Zealand. 
Tel: +(64 4) 894 0431; Fa x: +(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 from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ms 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 -notifications/