G/SPS/N/AUS/435/Add.7  
 
7 June 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 7 June 2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Australia . 
 
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Final report for the Pest Risk Analysis for Cut Flower and Foliage Imports - Part 2  
The Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (the department) 
has completed the Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) for Cut Flower and Foliage Imports - Part 2. The final 
report recommends a combination of risk management measures and a system of operational 
procedures that will reduce the risk associated with the importation of cut flowers and foliage to a 
level that achieves Australia's appropriate level of protection.  
The Pest Risk Analysis (Part 2) completes the assessment of arthropod pests associated with imported 
cut flowers and foliage. Part 1 of the PRA, published on 21 June 2019 and notified in 
G/SPS/N/AUS/435/Add.5, assessed the mites (Arachnida: Acari), aphids (Insecta: Hemiptera: 
Aphididae) and thrips  (Insecta: Thysanoptera). Part 2 of the PRA assesses the risk associated with 
the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera), flies (Insecta: Diptera), bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera (other than 
aphids)), wasps, bees and ants (Insecta: Hymenoptera) and moths and butterflies (Insecta: 
Lepidoptera).  
The final report recommends that the importation of cut flowers and foliage into Australia be 
permitted, subject to the application of phytosanitary measures. Phytosanitary measures are required 
for the management of 438 species of arthropod pests that are of biosecurity concern for Australia. 
This includes 74 species of beetles, 38 species of flies, 140 species of bugs (other than aphids), 
13 species of wasps and 110 species of moths and butterflies identified as quarantine pests. 
Six species of beetles and 10 species of bugs (other than aphids) are of biosecurity concern for 
Australia because they have the potential to transmit pathogens that are quarantine pests and an 
additional 47 pests are identified contaminants.  
The draft repo rt for this risk analysis was published on the department's website on 22 May 2020 for 
90 calendar day public consultation period, closing on 20 August 2020 (G/SPS/N/AUS/435/Add.6).  
The final Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) supports the changes to Australia's imp ort conditions introduced in 
March 2018 (see SPS notifications G/SPS/N/AUS/435 and G/SPS/N/AUS/435/Add.1). The revised 
conditions require that quarantine risks are appropriately reduced offshore before shipments are sent 
to Australia using an NPPO -approved  systems approach, methyl bromide fumigation or an alternative 
NPPO -approved pre -shipment treatment. Under the changes, remedial fumigation, export or 
destruction can be applied onshore to address any live quarantine pests found.  
The final PRA also support s further steps being taken by the department to address situations of 
emerging risk. Where the department detects and identifies pests that indicate either a changing risk 
or ongoing consignment non -compliance the department reserves the right to remove a ccess to pest G/SPS/N/AUS/435/Add.7  
 
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  risk management options that are not managing pest risks and/or employ additional regulatory 
measures.  
The final PRA report is available in English on the department's website at 
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity/risk -analysis/plant/cut -flowers . 
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agenc y 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:  
The Australian SPS Notification Authority  
GPO Box 858  
Canberra ACT 2601  
Australia 
E-mail: sps.contact@agriculture.gov.au  
Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
The Australian SPS Notification Authority  
GPO Box 858  
Canberra ACT 2601  
Australia  
E-mail: sps.contact@agriculture.gov.au  
 
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