. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NZL/416 
4 February 2009 
 (09-0473) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  NEW ZEALAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 
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):  Vaccinium  spp. and Persea  spp. nursery stock 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document: 
• Updated requirements for Vaccinium  spp. nursery stock from all countries 
• Updated requirements for Persea  spp. nursery stock from all countries 
Language:  English  Number of pages:  1 (each) 
6. Description of content:  Contains proposed changes to the Vaccinium  spp. and 
Persea spp. pest lists and testing requirements. 
Proposed changes to Vaccinium  spp. can be viewed on the website: 
http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/b iosec/consult/vaccinium-consult  
Proposed changes to Persea  spp. can be viewed on the website: 
http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz /biosec/consult/persea-consult  
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  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 N°)     G/SPS/N/NZL/416 
Page 2  
 
   [ X ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [   ] Yes   [ X ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  Import health 
standard 155.02.06:  Importation of Nursery Stock (available in English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  30 March 2009 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  30 March 2009 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  30 March 2009 
[   ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  16 March 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:     
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Mrs Sally Jennings, Coordinator, SPS Ne w Zealand, PO Box 2526, Wellington, New 
Zealand.  Tel: +(64 4) 894 0431;  Fax:  +(64 4) 894 0731; E-mail:  sps@maf.govt.nz  
Website:  www.maf.govt.nz/biosecurity/sps/transparency/notifications/index.htm