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G/SPS/N/AUS/268 
21 July 2011  
 (11-3681) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  AUSTRALIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Biosecurity Australia, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries 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):  Kiwifruit ( Actinidia  spp.) - hosts of Pseudomonas syringae  pv. Actinidiae  
(Psa) (bacterial canker disease) 
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:  Pest Risk Analysis Report for Pseudomonas syringae  pv 
actinidiae  associated with Actinidia  propagative material  Language(s):  English  Number 
of pages:  41 
6. Description of content:  Biosecurity Australia initiated this qualitative pathogen-based 
pest risk analysis to evaluate the likelihood and consequences of strains of Psa not present 
in Australia being introduced into Australia .  As the current requirements for propagative 
material are deemed inadequate to deal with the strains of this bacterium, stronger measures 
are proposed to mitigate the risk of strains of Psa entering on Actinidia  propagative 
material from all sources into Australia. 
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)   
 ISPMs no. 2 and 11   
[ ] None G/SPS/N/AUS/268 
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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:  None   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  15 July 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  15 August 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Australian SPS Contact Point 
Trade and Market Access Division Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry GPO Box 858 
Canberra ACT  2601 - Australia 
Fax:  +(61 2) 6272 3678 E-mail:  sps.contact@daff.gov.au 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Australian SPS Contact Point  
Trade and Market Access Division 
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 
GPO Box 858 Canberra ACT 2601 - Australia Fax:  +(61 2) 6272 3678 E-mail:  sps.contact@daff.gov.au Website:  http://www.daff.gov.au/ba