G/SPS/N/NZL/530  
 
5 February 2016  
(16-0791)  Page: 1/2  
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; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Actinidia  nursery stock, includes cuttings (dormant), 
plants in tissue culture 
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 155.02.06: Importation of 
Nursery Stock  Language(s): English  Number of pages: 358 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/NZL/16_0511_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: The import health standard (IHS) 155.02.06: Importation of 
Nursery Stock describes the import specifications and entry conditions for all nursery stock imported into New Zealand. This notification concerns the formal suspension of the 
Actinidia  schedule of the IHS. 
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 that were implemented by the New Zealand 
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) on 6 September 2013 as follows. 
Pseudomonas syringae  pv. actinidiae  (Psa) was detected for the first time in 
New Zealand in 2010. At that time, MPI implemented an ongoing official control 
programme to manage the pathogen within New Zealand. MPI also ceased issuing 
import permits for Actinidia  nursery stock at that time. 
An urgent amendment was made to MPIs IHS 155.02.06: Importation of Nursery Stock 
on 6 September 2013 to formally suspend the Actinidia  schedule of the IHS. This was 
done as a pest risk analysis was required to ensure that appropriate phytosanitary 
measures could be developed for Psa. (Also MPIs emerging risk system and hazard identification processes identified a number of other organisms potentially associated with the importation of Actinidia  germplasm which could require specific phytosanitary 
measures.) 
MPI has since initiated a full pest risk analysis for Actinidia  nursery stock (including 
cuttings, plants in tissue culture and pollen) according to the principles of ISPM 11, and 
will amend and re-issue the Actinidia  schedule after the analysis is completed and 
appropriate measures developed. G/SPS/N/NZL/530 
 
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  9. Is there a relevant international stan dard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
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 1 
and ISPM 11 
[ ] 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 langua ge(s) in which these are available:      
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 
Immediate/Until the full analysis is complete and appropriate measures developed. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] 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 Noti fication Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail a ddress (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