G/SPS/N/AUS/512/Add.1  
 
17 November 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 17 November 2021, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Australia . 
 
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Revised import conditions for apiaceous seeds for planting  
Australia advises the withdrawal of regulation of ' Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum' associated 
with apiaceous seeds for planting . 
The Final pest risk analysis for 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum ' (G/SPS/N/AUS/512) 
recommended pest risk managemen t measures for seeds for planting and tissue cultures of six 
apiaceous species ( Anthriscus cerefolium - chervil , Apium graveolens - celery , Daucus carota - carrot , 
Foeniculum vulgare - fennel , Pastinaca sativa - parsnip  and Petroselinum crispum - parsley).  In 2021, 
this policy was adopted in the ' Final review of import conditions for apiaceous vegetable seeds for 
sowing '. 
Australia continually monitors relevant science and other information, and import conditions are 
revised when technically justified. Sign ificant new scientific research has become available since the 
release of both policies that demonstrates that seed transmission of Candidatus Liberibacter 
solanacearum (CaLso) does not occur in apiaceous species.  
Consequently, there is no technical justif ication to continue measures for CaLso on apiaceous seed 
for planting. The need for a polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test or hot water treatment (HWT) for 
CaLso on carrot, celery/celeriac, chervil, fennel, parsley, and parsnip seed for planting will end, 
effective 1 December 2021. However, measures will be retained for CaLso in tissue cultures of these 
six apiaceous species.  
Measures announced in 2021 for Diaporthe angelicae  and Strawberry latent ring spot virus  on 
apiaceous seed for planting will remain and await implementation.  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or s cope of previously notified draft regulation  
[X] 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 the 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 fin al date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  G/SPS/N/AUS/512/Add.1  
 
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  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
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:  
The Australian SPS Notification Authority  
GPO Box 858  
Canberra ACT 2601  
Australia  
E-mail: sps.contact@agriculture.gov.au  
Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
The Australian SPS Notification Authority  
GPO Box 858  
Canberra ACT 2601  
Australia  
E-mail: sps.contact@agriculture.gov.au  
 
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