G/SPS/N/NZL/761  
31 January 2024  
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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):  Plants for planting, including whole plants, cuttings, bulbs and tissue 
cultures (plants in vitro ) 
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:  Importation of Nursery Stock (155.02.06) - Proposed 
measures to manage phytoplasmas on nursery stock . Language(s):  English . Number of 
pages:  371 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/NZL/24_00915_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries is proposing the 
following changes to the Importation of Nursery Stock import health standard:  
• Addition of phytosanitary measures for the management of phytoplasmas on 43 new 
ornamental plant hosts. Measures incl ude options for off -shore and on -shore 
management, and have been identified using a new approach that considers history of 
trade for all hosts.;  
• Amendment of the measures for phytoplasmas on Rosa by providing the same off -
shore and on -shore options;  
• Remova l of measures for phytoplasmas on Acrocomia , Hippeastrum and Zantedeschia . 
Further details are provided in the attached risk management proposal.  
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 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 No 1  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  G/SPS/N/NZL/761  
 
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  [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  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/NZL/24_00915_01_e.pdf  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 June 2024  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 June 2024  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 1 June 2024  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 31 March 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax numbe r 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/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:   
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/