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G/SPS/N/NZL/451/Add.1 
5 July 2011  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 30 June 2011, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of New Zealand. 
 
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Import Health Standards for Horses 
 The Import Health Standard for Horses dated 30 June 2011 has been issued for trade and is 
now available from the MAF website at:  http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/ihs/search .  This is the 
revised version following consultation in May 2011.  A copy of the review of submissions may be 
found at:  http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/biosec/consult/archive . 
 The standard provides updated measures fo r horses from all MAF-approved countries. 
Current MAF-approved countries include: Australia ; Canada; Japan; Hong Kong, China; United 
States; and the EU member States.  
 Veterinary certificates with agreed attestations, meeting the new import health standard, must 
be negotiated with the above countries.  Until veterinary certificates are approved the following 
import health standards continue to enable trade: 
 - Import Health Standard for Horses fro m Australia, 6 January 2009 (horaniic.aus) 
 - Import Health Standard for the Importation into New Zealand of Horses from 
Canada, 1 October 2007 (horaniic.can) 
 - Import Health Standard for the Importation into New Zealand of Horses from EU 
member States, 1 October 2007 (horaniic.eu) 
 - Import Health Standard for the Importation into New Zealand of Horses from Hong 
Kong, China, 1 October 2007 (horaniic.hk) 
 - Import Health Standard for the Importation into New Zealand of Horses from Japan, 
1 October 2007 (horaniic.jpn) 
 - Import Health Standard for the Importation into New Zealand of Horses from the 
United States, 12 May 2008 (horaniic.usa) 
 The import health standards listed above will be revoked when new veterinary certificates 
become available. 
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   Any questions relating to the issue of this im port health standard can be directed to the 
following: 
Animal Imports 
animalimports@maf.govt.nz 0800 008 333 
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force 
[ ] Other:    
Comment period:  (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e comment period provided in the addendum may 
vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax num ber and e-mail address (if available) of other 
body: 
Sally Jennings, Adviser, International Organisat ions, International Policy, Policy, Science & 
Economic, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry , Pastoral House 25 The Terrace, PO Box 2526 | 
Wellington, New Zealand, Tel:  +(64-4)-894 0431, Fax:  +(64-4)-894 0733  
Text available from:  [X] National Notification Au thority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, 
fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Sally Jennings, Adviser, International Organisat ions, International Policy, Policy, Science & 
Economic, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry , Pastoral House 25 The Terrace, PO Box 2526 | 
Wellington, New Zealand, Tel:  +(64-4)-894 0431, Fax:  +(64-4)-894 0733  
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