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G/SPS/N/NZL/462 
25 August 2011  
 (11-4214) 
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 of Agriculture and Forestry 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Nursery stock - Phalaenopsis   
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Chinese Taipei  
5. Title of the notified document:  Import Health Standard for Nursery Stock; Schedule for 
Phalaenopsis   Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  350 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/NZL/11_2779_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  New Zealand has made an amendment to the Import Health 
Standard 155.02.06 Importation of Nursery Stock.  The only change to this IHS is to include an IHS schedule specifically for Phalaenopsis  spp. nursery stock, which prescribes 
the import requirements for Chinese Taipei and all other countries.  The new IHS schedule 
includes a new option for the import of Phalaenopsis  whole plants from Chinese Taipei. 
The import requirements for Phalaenopsis  whole plants and tissue cultures from all other 
countries remain unchanged. 
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 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)    
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None G/SPS/N/NZL/462 
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  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:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  8 August 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  8 August 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  8 August 2011 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  As this is trade facilitating there is not comment period however 
comments will be received at any time. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [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 0733;  E-mail:  sps@maf.govt.nz 
Website:  http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/sps/tran sparency/notifications/index.htm  
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 0733;  E-mail:  sps@maf.govt.nz  
Website:  http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/sps/tran sparency/notifications/index.htm