G/SPS/N/NZL/578  
 
29 June 2018  
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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): Fresh Citrus  fruit 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relev ant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries: Australia  
5. Title of the notified document: Import Health Standard (IHS) 152.02: Importation and 
Clearance of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables into New Zealand . Language(s): English. 
Number of pages: 420 
http://www.mpi.govt.nz/news -and-resources/consultations/?opened=1  
6. Description of content: The Import Health Standard (IHS) 152.02: "Importation and 
Clearance of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables into New Zealand"  describes the import 
requirements for fresh fruit and vegetable imported into New Zealand. This notification 
concerns the emergency measures for citrus canker on fresh Citrus  fruit f rom Australia.  
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: This is a notification 
of the emergency measures for citrus canker on fresh Citrus  fruit from Australia that were 
implemented by the New  Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) on 26 June 2018 as 
follows.  
Citrus canker ( Xanthomonas  citri subsp. citri) has been detected in the Northern Territory 
and Western Australia in Australia. Due to this unmanaged risk, MPI has made an urgent 
amendment to the IHS 152.02: Importation and Clearance of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables 
into New Zealand to include an additional declaration on the phytosanitary certificate 
specifying the fresh Citrus  fruit must come from an area free from Xanthomonas citri  
subsp. citri. G/SPS/N/NZL/578  
 
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  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) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) : ISPM N°2 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
10. Other relevant documents  and language(s) in which these are available:  Not 
applicable.   
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 
26 June 2018  
[ ] 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 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