G/SPS/N/NZL/688  
 
14 June 2022  
(22-4631) 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):  Capsicum , Cucumis , Cucurbitaceae , Lotus , Panicum , Phaseolus , 
Pisum , Raphanus sativus , Solanum , Solanum lycopersicum , Zea seeds for sowing  
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:  170 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/NZL/22_4073_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries is publicly 
consulting on the following proposed amendments to the Import Health Standard (IHS): 
Seeds for Sowing (155.02.05):  
Trade facilitating measures:  
− Adding the option for small seed lots of species eligible to import under the spe cific 
requirements in the IHS for Capsicum (capsicum), Solanum (Solanum melongena only) 
(eggplant), Solanum lycopersicum  (tomato) and Zea (corn) to be tested as composite 
samples for the presence of quarantine pests;  
− Adding the option for Phaseolus  (bean) and Pisum  (pea) seeds be tested for the 
presence of quarantine pests offshore prior to export;  
− Adding Matthiola incana  and Cyperus papyrus  to the list of species approved for import 
as pelleted seed;  
− Removing measures for the fungal pests Rhizopus maydis  and Phaeocytostroma 
ambiguum  on Zea (corn) seed, Cercospora loti  on Lotus (lotus) seed and 
Peronosclerospora sorghi  and Sclerospora gramini cola on Panicum  (panicum) seed . 
Other measures:  
− Adding a phytosanitary certificate as a requirement for Raphanus sativus  (radish) 
seeds for sowing.  
The full details of the proposed amendments can be found in the MPI Risk Management 
Proposal: Amendments to the Import Health Standard Seeds for Sowing (155.02.05).  
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.   G/SPS/N/NZL/688  
 
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  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 Nos. 1 
and 38  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevan t 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 are available:  
Risk Management Proposal: Amendments to the Import Health Standard: Seeds for 
Sowing  (155.02.05)  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/NZL/22_4073_01_e.pdf  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 September 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 September 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 1 September 2022  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 13 August 2022  
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) 8 94 0431; Fax: +(64 4) 894 0733; E -mail: sps@mpi.govt.nz  
Website:  https://www.mpi.gov t.nz/importing/overview/access -and-trade-into-new-
zealand/world -trade-organization -notifications/