G/SPS/N/AUS/409/Add.1  
 
12 December 2017  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 12 December 2017, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Australia . 
 
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Final group pest risk analysis for thrips and orthotospoviruses on fresh fruit, vegetable, cut -flower 
and foliage imports  
The Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources released the Final 
group pest risk analysis for thrips and or thotospoviruses on fresh fruit, vegetable, cut -flower and 
foliage imports on 30 November 2017. Note that in the time since the draft report for this group 
pest risk analysis was notified, the virus name Tospovirus  underwent taxonomic revision and was 
renam ed Orthotospovirus . The final report concluded that a number of thrips and orthotospovirus 
are quarantine pests for Australia. The report also recommends that the regulatory status of three 
thrips species —Frankliniella schultzei, Scirtothrips dorsalis and Thrips tabaci —be changed from 
non-regulated to regulated because these thrips can carry and transmit quarantine 
orthotospoviruses. This change is not expected to significantly affect trade. Imported commodities 
will be regulated if they are infested with q uarantine pest thrips or thrips vectors that transmit 
quarantine orthotospoviruses.  
The draft report for this risk analysis was notified (G/SPS/N/AUS/409) on 15 December 2016. The  
report was released for an extended 90 day stakeholder consultation period.  
The final report is available in English on the Australian Government Department of Agriculture and 
Water Resources website at:  
http://www.agriculture.gov.a u/biosecurity/risk -analysis/memos/ba2017 -26 
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 notifie d 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  G/SPS/N/AUS/4 09/Add.1  
 
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  Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, 
[X] National En quiry 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: [  ] 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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