G/SPS/N/NZL/761/Add.1  
3 May 2024  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 3 May 2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of New Zealand . 
 
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Import requirements for ornamental plants for planting. Adoption date of regulation: 23 April 2024  
This is an addendum to New Zealand's WTO notification (G/SPS/N/NZL/761), made on 31 January 
2024, on proposed changes to import requirements for ornamental plants for planting.  
The notified amendment was a risk management proposal for the management of phytoplasmas on 
ornamental plants for planting imported into New Zealand. This addendum does not extend the scope 
of the previously notified regulat ion, nor will it potentially affect Members as this is a trade enabling 
amendment.  
In response to comments on our first proposal, we have adjusted a couple of risk management 
measures as follows:  
• Amended high certainty pathways to restrict them to the comm odity type that has been imported 
into New Zealand (e.g., tissue culture), rather than all commodity types. The high certainty 
pathways now are:  
1. Alstroemeria  tissue culture  from the Netherlands;  
2. Anemone  bulbs  from Israel and the Netherlands;  
3. Dahlia  bulbs  from the Netherlands;  
4. Gerbera  tissue culture  from India;  
5. Narcissus bulbs  from the United Kingdom;  
6. Paeonia  bulbs  from the Netherlands;  
7. Rosa whole plants, cuttings and tissue culture  from Australia, Denmark, France, 
Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, and the United Kingdom;  
8. Alstroemeria , Begonia , Dahlia , Dianthus caryophyllus , Freesia , Gladiolus , Lilium  and Narcissus  
bulbs  from the Netherlands imported under an MPI -approved propagation scheme 
(Naktuinbouw and Bloembollenkeuringsdienst (BKD));  
9. Dianthus caryophyllus  whole plants  from the Netherlands imported under an MPI -approved 
propagation scheme (Naktuinbouw and BKD);  
• Added a nine -month transitional period for the phytoplasma amendments to come into force. 
This is because several hosts imported as bulbs are produced in the northern hemisphere, where 
growing season inspection has already started.  
We have now drafted the impo rt health standard and changed the proposed date of entry into force 
to 14 March 2025.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/NZL/24_02946_00_e.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  G/SPS/N/NZL/761/Add.1  
 
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  [ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[X] 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  
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:  
Sally Griffin, 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  
Website: https://www.mpi.govt.nz/news -and-resources/consultations  
Text(s) available from: [ X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax n umber and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Sally Griffin, 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  
Website: https://www.mpi.govt.nz/news -and-resources/consultations  
 
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