G/SPS/N/NZL/562  
 
15 December 2017  
(17-6969) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
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): Vehicles, machinery and equipment (formerly vehicles, machinery 
and tyres)  
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: Import Health Standard - Vehicles, Machinery and 
Equipment . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 14 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/NZL/17_5420_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: The draft Import Health Standard covers new measures to 
address various issues:  
 All used agricultural, forestry and horticultural vehicles or machines must be cleaned in 
the country of origin and certified as so;  
 All used cars and trucks from Japan (containerised or break -bulk) must be managed 
through an MPI -approved system;  
 An additional 14 European countries are included as Brown Marmorated Stink Bug risk 
countries where vehicles, machinery and equipment must be managed using one of 
the options specified.  
MPI is consulting on the Draft Import H ealth Standard for Vehicles, Machinery and 
Equipment . 
Consultation began  on 5 December 2017 and ends on 29 January 2018.  
http://www.mpi.govt.nz/news -and-resources/consultations/consultation -on-the-import -
health -standard -for-vehicles -machinery -and-equipment/  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/NZL/562  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant intern ational 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) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : 
International Plant Protection Convention 41 - International movement of used 
vehicles, machinery and equipment  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant inter national standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 30 April 2018  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 30 April 2018  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 30 April 2018  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 29 January 2018  
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  
http://www.mpi.govt.nz/news -and-resources/consultations/consultation -on-the-import-
health -standard -for-vehicles -machinery -and-equipment/