G/SPS/N/AUS/351
18 November 2014 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: AUSTRALIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: Australian Government Department of Agriculture 
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): Fresh ginger (Zingiber officinale) rhizomes for human 
consumption. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries: Fiji 
5. Title of the notified document: Biosecurity advice 2014/14 Commencement of a 
review of import conditions for fresh ginger from Fiji  Language(s): English  Number 
of pages: 3 
http://www.agriculture.gov. au/ba/memos/ba-2014-14  
6. Description of content: Biosecurity advice notifying stakeholders of the 
commencement of a review of import conditions for fresh ginger from Fiji. Advice notice 
includes details of the terms of reference for conduct of the review. 
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. Is there a relevant international st andard? 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 No. 2 
and 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:   G/SPS/N/AUS/351 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  
Previous import risk analysis for fresh ginger from Fiji: http://www.agriculture.gov.au/ba
/ira/final-plant/ginger-from-fiji/ba2013-03-final-ira-ginger-fiji  
Import conditions for fresh ginger from Fiji: http://apps.daff.gov.au/icon32/asp/ex_quer
ycontent.asp  (available in Fijian). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Review completed by June 2015. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Review completed by June 2015. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 19 December 2014 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
The Australian SPS Contact Point 
GPO Box 858 
Canberra ACT 2601 Australia 
Fax +(61 2) 6272 3678 
Email: sps.contact@agriculture.gov.au 
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
The Australian SPS Contact Point  
GPO Box 858 
Canberra ACT 2601 
Australia Fax +(61 2) 6272 3678 
Email: sps.contact@agriculture.gov.au