. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NZL/445 
2 December 2010  
 (10-6490) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  NEW ZEALAND
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  MAF Biosecurity New Zealand 
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):  Lizard species 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Australia  
5. Title of the notified document:  Import Health Standard for Zoo Lizards from Australia 
and Import Health Standard for Zoo Lizard hatching eggs from Australia  Language:  
English  Number of pages:  14 and 10 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/NZL/10_4537_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Risk mitigation measures in place to allow the import of lizards 
and lizard hatching eggs into New Zealand c ontainment facilities.  Some of the measures 
include the lizard(s): 
• Being born and raised in a government approved zoological collection; 
• Having Atadenoviruses excluded as the cause of illness or death affecting any 
animals in the last 12 months; 
• Completing a pre-export isolation period; 
• Facility remaining free from insects for the entire pre-export isolation; 
• Having an anthelmintic treatment regime;  and 
• Faecal samples examined. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] 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)   G/SPS/N/NZL/445 
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  [ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] 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:  Squamata from government appr oved zoological collections in Australia 
(available in English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  25 November 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  25 November 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  25 November 2010 
[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 handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Mrs Sally Jennings, Coordinator, SPS Ne w Zealand, PO Box 2526, Wellington, New 
Zealand.  Tel:  +(64 4) 894 0431;  Fax: +(64 4) 894 0733;  E-mail:  sps@maf.govt.nz  
Website:  http://www.maf.govt.nz/biosecurity/sps/tr ansparency/notifications/index.htm