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G/SPS/N/NZL/479/Add.1 
31 October 2012 
 (12-5936) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 30 Octo ber 2012, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of New Zealand. 
 
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Proposed new measures for tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) seed for sowing 
 The Ministry for Primary Industries consulted with the WTO from 4 May to 20 July 2012 on proposed new requirements for tomato (Solanum  lycopersicum) seed for sowing, under the New 
Zealand import health standard (IHS), to manage the biosecurity risks of five viruses and viroids 
which can be transmitted by tomato seed. 
 The draft proposal included the requirement fo r a phytosanitary certificate stating that seeds 
had been cleaned and prepared to industry standard s, and had been sourced from a Pest-Free Area or 
Pest-Free Place of Production, free from Potato sp indle tuber viroid (PSTVd), Pepino mosaic virus 
(PepMV), Tomato apical stunt viroid (TASVd), Pelargonium zonate spot virus (PZSV) and Tomato 
chlorotic dwarf viroid (TCDVd). 
 Following consultation, MPI have made the following changes to requirements. PZSV and 
TASVd are no longer included as quarantine pests. Th ey may be included in the IHS in future, once 
internationally validated testing methods become  available.  The requirements for PSTVd, PepMV 
and TCDVd will be phased in over the next two years, with: 
 1. Measures for PSTVd and PepMV will be mandatory from 1 July 2013;  and   2. Measures for TCDVd will be mandatory from 1 September 2014. 
 Phytosanitary certification is required, with  additional declarations for seed cleaning and 
preparation to industry standards and either Pest Free Area, Pest Fr ee Place of Production, or Seed 
Testing for each of the regulated quaran tine pests as they come into force. 
 The new IHS is dated 19 October 2012, a nd can be found at the following website:  
http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz /regs/imports/plants/seeds . G/SPS/N/NZL/479/Add.1 
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  This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified 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 th e 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, th e comment period provided in the addendum may 
vary.)  
[X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  30 December 2012 
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 8 94 0733;  E-mail:  sps@maf.govt.nz  
Text available from:  [X] National Notification Au thority, [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 8 94 0733;  E-mail:  sps@maf.govt.nz  
 
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