G/SPS/N/NZL/626  
 
15 May 2020  
(20-3623) 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):  All sea containers  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or cou ntries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Import Health Standard for Sea Containers from All 
Countries . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  12 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/NZL/20_3219_01_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/NZL/20_3219_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  
− The proposed amendments to the Import Health Standard for Sea Containers from 
All Countries:  
− Extending BMSB requirements for Italian Sea Containers until 30 April 2022;  
− Rewording and change in format for clarity; and  
− Inclusion of Quarantine Declaration as a Schedule  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [X]  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 serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international st andard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/NZL/626  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Risk Management Proposal  (available in English)  
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) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 17 July 2020  
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:   
Treatments and Inanimate Pathways Group  
Plant and Pathways Directorate  
Biosecurity New Zealand  
Ministry for Primary Industries  
PO Box 2526 Wellington,  
E-mail: standards@mpi.govt.nz   
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:   
Mrs Sally Jennings, Coordinator, SPS  New Zealand, PO Box 2526  
Wellington, New Zealand  
Tel: +(644) 894 0431  
Fax: +(644) 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/