G/SPS/N/NZL/757/Add.1  
28 February 2024  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 28 February 2024, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of New Zealand . 
 
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Import requirements for mangosteen and rambutan plants for planting  
Adoption date of regulation: 10 April 2024.  
This is an addendum to New Zealand's WTO notification (G/SPS/N/NZL/757) made on 29 November 
2023 on proposed import requirements for mangosteen and rambutan plants for planting. The notified 
amendment was a risk management proposal for new requirements for importing mangosteen and 
rambutan plants for planting into New Zealand. It also included a new pest list. This addendum does 
not extend the scope of the previously notified regulation, nor w ill it potentially affect Members as 
this is a trade enabling amendment.  
In response to comments on our first proposal, we have adjusted one risk management measure as 
follows:  
• Removed the requirement for aerial parts of all bare -rooted whole plants of ram butan to be 
sprayed/dipped in 1% sodium hypochlorite for a minimum of 2 minutes on arrival at the 
quarantine greenhouse. This additional on -arrival hypochlorite treatment is not needed. This is 
because the measures for Helicobasidium mompa  (section 2.2.1.9  of standard 155.02.26 
Importation of Nursery Stock ) provide a fungicidal treatment that applies to all whole plants and 
cuttings from Malysia and Thailand.  
We have now drafted the import health standard  and chan ged the proposed date of entry into force 
to 10 April 2024.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/NZL/24_01699_00_e.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] 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  
[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 ma y vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  G/SPS/N/NZL/757/Add.1  
 
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  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 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/c onsultations  
 
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