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G/SPS/N/AUS/286/Add.1 
6 June 2012  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 4 June 2012, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Australia. 
 
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Live zoo perissodactyls including zebras, rh inoceroses and tapirs from approved countries 
 The Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has 
completed a policy review of the importation of zoo perissodactyls from approved countries. 
Following completion of the policy review, imports  of zoo perissodactyls from approved countries 
will be able to resume under specific quarantine conditions. 
 A draft policy review was issued on 15 Fe bruary 2012 and notified in G/SPS/N/AUS/286 
(dated 14 February 2012) for a 30-day consu ltation period, which closed on 16 March 2012. 
Stakeholder comments were received from the Unit ed States Department of Agriculture, Wildlife 
Kingdom and the Zoo and Aquarium Association Australasia. 
 Importation of zoo perissodactyls will be subject to the Quarantine Act 1908, and the 
application of sanitary measures as specified in the importation of zoo perissodactyls from approved 
countries: Final policy review.  A copy of the final policy review is available at: 
http://www.daff.gov.au/ba/reviews/final-animal/zoo_perissodactyls/2012-11 .  The policy will be 
taken into account by decision makers when co nsidering import permit applications for zoo 
perissodactyls from approved countries in accordan ce with the Quarantine Act 1908 and Quarantine 
Proclamation 1998 as amended, effective from 1 June 2012. 
 DAFF considered all stakeholder comments re ceived, and the following changes were made 
in the final policy review: 
 - import conditions for Johne's disea se for tapirs have been removed; 
 - the duration of residency for rhinoceroses on premises free of Johne's disease has 
been reduced to 180 days to be in line with other residency periods; 
 - faecal culture has been included as a testing requirement for Johne's disease.  
Countries affected are:  Austria, Belgium, Cana da, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, 
Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zeal and, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United 
Kingdom and the United States of America. G/SPS/N/AUS/286/Add.1 
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This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[X] 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, 
[X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other 
body: 
   
Text available from:  [X] National Notification Au thority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, 
fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Texts are available at the following web addres s, or, alternatively, from the Australian SPS 
Notification Point: http://www.daff.gov.au/ba/reviews/final-animal/zoo_perissodactyls/2012-11  
The Australian SPS Notification Point 
GPO Box 858 
Canberra  ACT  2601 
Australia Fax:  +(61 2) 6272 3678 E-mail:  SPS.Contact@daff.gov.au  
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