G/SPS/N/NZL/581  
28 August 2018  
(18-5374) 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; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): All sea containers from Italy, excluding those containing vehicles, 
machinery and equi pment  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries: Italy 
5. Title of the notified document: Addition of temporary precautionary requirement to the 
Impor t Health Standard for Sea Containers to manage the risk of brown marmorated stink 
bug for consignments exported from Italy until 2020 . Language(s): English.  Number of 
pages: 1 
6. Description of content: The Emergency Measures manage the biosecurity risk o f 
containerized cargo and containers arriving to New Zealand from Italy during the brown 
marmorated stink bug (BMSB) aggregating season (1 September until 30 April) until 
30 April 2020. These require all sea containers from Italy, excluding those containin g 
vehicles, machinery and equipment, to be treated for BMSB, either offshore or at the port 
in New Zealand. Vehicles, machinery and equipment are excluded because these 
commodities must already be treated offshore.  
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: The BMSB season 
begins 1 September  2018 and measures are required to ensure that the risk of BMSB in 
sea containers from Italy are managed as of 1 September 2018.  
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) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  G/SPS/N/NZL/581  
 
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  [ ] 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:    
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 
1 September 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