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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NZL/334 
13 October 2005 
 (05-4680) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  NEW ZEALAND
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF).  
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):  Nursery stock of Acacia, Acer, Allium, Canna, Cotoneaster, Cycas, Dioon 
Encephalartos Hippeastrum, Hydr angea, Iris, Lilium, Macrozamia , Stangeria , and Zamia  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
trading partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Import Health Standard 
155.02.06 Importation of Nursery Stock , 367 pages.  
6. Description of content:  The following revisions have been made: 
1. Hosts ( Cycas , Dioon , Encephalartos , Macrozamia , Stangeria , and Zamia ) of Cycad 
scale ( Aulacaspis yasumatsu i) have been prohibited from Costa Rica and Vietnam, due 
to the suspected presence of this  pest in those countries.  
2. The status of the following organisms ha ve been changed from regulated to non-
regulated as they have been removed from the unwanted organism register since they are present in NZ: Lily mottle virus, Iris severe mo saic virus, Iris mild mosaic virus, Nerine 
virus X, Lily virus X, Ornithogalum mosaic virus, and Erwinia rhapontici . 
3. French Polynesia has been added to the list countries in which Xylella fastidiosa  is 
present and, as such, hosts are prohibited.   
4. Rhizoctonia tuliparum  has been removed from the Hippeastrum schedule as there is no 
clear evidence that Hippeastrum is a host. 
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  None.  G/SPS/N/NZL/334 
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 10. Proposed date of adoption:  6 October 2005  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  6 October 2005  
12. Final date for comments:  Due to the nature of the change s made this standard will be 
adopted immediately, however, New Zealand will still take an y comments into account and 
amend the import health standard if necessary.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Brian Double, MAF Biosecurity New Zeal and, PO Box 2526, 101-103 The Terrace, 
Wellington, New Zealand. Tel:  +64 4 460 8754;  Fax:  +64 4 498 9888;  Email:  
Brian.Double@maf.govt.nz  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [   ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ms Sally Griffin, Coordinator, SPS New Zeala nd, PO Box 2526, Wellington, New Zealand.  
Tel:  +64 4 474 4140;  Fax:  +64 4 470 2730;  E-mail:  sps@maf.govt.nz 
Website: http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/ sps/transparency/no tifications/index.htm