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ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/NZL/470 
19 January 2012  
 (12-0336) 
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):  Horse by-products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  South America and Mexico  
5. Title of the notified document:  Import Health Standard fo r the importation into New 
Zealand of horse by-products for further processing from specified South American countries and Mexico  Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  8 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/NZL/12_0251_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The above import health standard has been re-issued due to some 
minor amendments.  Mexico has been adde d to the countries able to import horse by-
products into New Zealand. The requirement  - the products were derived from horses born 
and continuously resident in the specified country - has been removed. 
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.    
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:    G/SPS/N/NZL/470 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  21 December 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  21 December 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  21 December 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) :  Not applicable 
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 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, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail add ress (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 89 4 0733;  E-mail:  sps@maf.govt.nz