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G/SPS/N/NZL/482 
13 June 2012  
 (12-3109) 
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 (MPI) 
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):  Poultry (duck, turkey and chicken) hatching eggs and specific-pathogen-free 
(SPF) eggs from chickens 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Import Health Standard for Commercial Poultry Hatching 
Eggs and Specific-Pathogen-Free Chicken Eggs  Language(s):  English  Number of 
pages:  15 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/NZL/12_2244_00_e.pdf  
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/NZL/12_2244_01_e.pdf  
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/NZL/12_2244_02_e.pdf  
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/NZL/12_2244_03_e.pdf  
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/NZL/12_2244_04_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Import Health Standard provides New Zealand's mitigation 
measures for a number of diseases related to poultry hatching eggs or SPF eggs.  These are 
generic measures and bilateral veterinary certif icates will be negotiated with countries that 
New Zealand approves importations of poultry hatching eggs or SPF eggs from.  Current 
approved countries are Australia, Canada, Euro pean Union, the United States of America 
for chicken hatching eggs and turkey hatchi ng eggs. Australia is the current approved 
country for SPF eggs.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/NZL/482 
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  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)   
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] 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:    
9. Other relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   
Import Risk Analysis: Hatching eggs from ch ickens (Gallus gallus) from the European 
Union, Canada, the United States of America,  and Australia (February 2009, English),  
Draft Import Risk Analysis: Hatching eggs  for domestic ducks (Anas platyrhynchos 
domesticus and Cairina moschata) from the Eur opean Union, Canada, the United States of 
America and Australia (May 2012)  
Draft Guidance document for Commercial Pou ltry Hatching Eggs and Specific-Pathogen-
Free Chicken Eggs (June 2012, English)   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  10 October 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  10 October 2012 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  10 October 2012 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  10 August 2012 
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@maf.govt.nz 
13. Texts 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@maf.govt.nz  
http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/sps/tran sparency/notifications/index.htm