G/SPS/N/NZL/702  
 
10 November 2022  
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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):  Fresh lychee ( Litchi chinensis ) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Thailand  
5. Title of the notified document:  Import Health Standard Commodity Sub -class: Fresh 
Fruit/Vegetables Lychee ( Litchi chinensis ) from Thailand . Language(s):  English . Number 
of pages:  11 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/NZL/22_7710_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  MPI is reviewing the phytosanitary measures on the fresh lychee 
from Thailand to New Zealand pathway and are proposing to amend the cold treatment 
schedule.  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect ter ritory 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. 28  
[ ] 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:   G/SPS/N/NZL/702  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− Ministry for Primary Industries Standard 152.02 - Importation and Clearance of Fres h 
Fruit and Vegetables into New Zealand  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/NZL/22_7710_01_e.pdf  
− Risk Management Proposal: Amendments to Importation and Clearance of Fresh Fruit 
and Vegetables into New Zealand (152.02) and Commodity Sub -class: Fresh 
Fruit/Vegetables Lychee, (Litchi chinensis) from Thailand  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/NZL/22_7710_02_e.pdf  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 23 January 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 23 January 2023  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[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) : 9 January 2023  
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/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/