G/SPS/N/NZL/584  
 
29 January 2019  
(19-0460) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
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): Nursery stock (whole plants, cuttings dormant and/non -dormant, 
and tissue cultures)  
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: Amendment to the Import Health Standard 155.02.06:  
Importation of nursery  stock. Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 397 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/NZL/19_00453_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/NZL/19_00453_01_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: The standard describes the import specifications and entry 
conditions for nursery stock imported into New Zealand.  
Conditions for Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum  
One of the following Additional Declarations must be endorsed on the phytosanitary 
certificate:  
"The ( insert plant species ) plants were sourced from a pest fre e area, free from Ralstonia 
pseudosolanacearum " 
or 
"The (insert plant species ) plant have been sourced from a 'pest free place of production', 
where parent plants were tested according to an NPPO approved methodology and found 
free from Ralstonia pseudosol anacearum ". 
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action: The bacterial 
pathogen Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum  has a large distribution and host range. It is 
reported as causing serious disease within plant species of economic and ecological 
significanc e to New Zealand (e.g. members of the Solanum, Vaccinium, Rosa  and 
Anthurium  genera).  
The status of Ralstonia psedosolanacearum  in New Zealand has been confirmed as not 
present, and the regulatory status has been updated to regulated.  G/SPS/N/NZL/584  
 
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  To prevent the introd uction of this bacteria to New Zealand on known hosts an urgent 
amendment has been made to the nursery stock import health standard.   Emergency 
measures have been implemented under SPS agreement Article 7, annexe B, parts 2 
and 6 for the pathogen while a P est Risk Analysis is completed.  
The following host species will now require regulation for Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum : 
Anthurium  and Rosa. 
The proposed measures will apply to all countries and are detailed in the Anthurium 
(page  51) and Rosa (page 313)  schedules  of the nursery stock import health standard.  
These measures will apply to whole plants (cuttings [dormant and non -dormant]) and 
plants in tissue culture.  
9. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Al imentarius 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) : ISPMs 4 
and 10  
[ ] 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:  
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 
25 January 2019  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. 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:  
Mrs Sally Jennings, 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  
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:  
Mrs Sally Jennings, 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