G/SPS/N/NZL/565  
 
9 January 2018  
(18-0165) 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): Sea Containers to manage the risk of brown marmorated stink 
bug for consignments expor ted from Italy.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries: Italy 
5. Title of the notified document: CTO Direction - Addition of temporary precautionar y 
requirement to the Import Health Standard for Sea Containers to manage the risk of BMSB 
for consignments exported from Italy . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 1 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/NZL/18_0194_01_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/NZL/18_0194_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: The CTO Direction 20170039 manages the biosecurity risk of 
containerized cargo and containers arriving to New Zealand from Italy during the brown 
marmorated stink bug (BMSB) aggregating season. Under the CTO Direction 20170039 all 
sea containers from Italy, excluding those containing vehicles, machinery and equipment, 
must be treated for BMSB, either offshore or at the port in New Zealand within 48 hours. 
Vehicles, machinery and equipment are excluded because these commodities must a lready 
be treated offshore.  
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 CTO Direction 
20170039 has been issued in response to several aggregations of BMSB found in 
consignments from Italy during the 2017 aggregation season.  
9. 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) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  G/SPS/N/NZL/565  
 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standa rd:  
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): 
22 December 2017   
[ ] 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 Zealan d, PO Box 2526, Wellington, 
New Zealand. Tel: +64 4 894 0 431; 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