G/SPS/N/AUS/377/Add.1  
 
21 September 2017  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 21 September 2017, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of Australia . 
 
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Final pest risk analysis for ' Candidatus  Liberibacter solanacearum' associated with apiaceous crops  
The Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has completed a final 
pest risk analysis for ' Candidatus  Liberibacter solanacearum' associ ated with  apiaceous crops. This  
pest risk analysis was initiated in response to the introduction of emergency measures against 
'Candidatus  Liberibacter solanacearum' ( 'Ca. L. solanacearum') infecting apiaceous crops, including 
carrot ( Daucus carota ) and celery/cele riac (Apium graveolens ). 
The draft pest risk analysis was released on 11 December 2015 for a 45 day stakeholder 
consultation period and was published as a SPS notification with reference number 
G/SPS/N/AUS/377.  
The recommended import conditions for apiaceous crops (carrot, celery/celeriac, chervil, fennel, 
parsley and parsnip) are summarised below:  
 Seeds for sowing: mandatory off -shore or on -shore PCR tes ting or hot water treatment (50 °C 
for 20 minutes); AND if the testing or treatment is conducted o ff-shore, a Phytosanitary 
Certificate with the additional declaration that the mandatory treatment or testing has been 
conducted in accordance with Australia's requirements;  
 Tissue cultures off -shore option: mandatory off -shore PCR testing; AND a Phytosani tary 
Certificate with the additional declaration that the testing has been conducted in accordance 
with Australia's requirements;  
 Tissue cultures on -shore option: mandatory growth in a closed government post -entry 
quarantine (PEQ) facility for disease scre ening; AND mandatory on -shore PCR testing for 
freedom from 'Ca L. solanacearum'.  
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 pr eviously 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  G/SPS/N/AUS/377/Add.1  
 
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  Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National N otification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of 
other body:  
  
Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [  ] 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  
Fax: +(61 2) 6272 3678  
E-mail: sps.contact@agriculture.gov.au  
Texts are availab le at the following web address:  
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity/risk -analysis/memos/ba2017 -20  
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