G/SPS/N/NZL/567  
 
24 January 2018  
(18-0581) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
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): Grapes  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or pract icable : 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries: Australia  
5. Title of the notified document: Importation and Clearance of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables 
into New Zealand . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 422 [Specific to this 
consultation: 30 -31, 66]  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/NZL/18_0514_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: Amendment to existing standards to add irradiation as an 
equivalent phytosanitary measure for fruit flies, Conogethes punctiferalis  and 
Maconellicoccus hirsutus . 
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 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 number 28 [PT 7]  
[ ] None  
Does this propose d 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/NZL/567  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 
Risk Management Proposal  (available in English)  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/NZL/18_0514_01_e.pdf  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 7 March  2018 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 7 March 2018  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 7 March 2018  
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 21 February 2018  
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