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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NZL/194
16 December 2002
(02-6935)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  NEW ZEALAND
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF).
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):   Import requirements for Triticum  seeds for sowing imported into New
Zealand from approved countries.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden,
United Kingdom and United States of America.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Import requirements for
Triticum seeds for sowing (available in English, 13 pages).
6. Description of content: .  The import requirements for Triticum  seeds for sowing stipulates
the requirements for the importation of seeds for sowing of these genera into New Zealand.
This includes the pre-import requirements, documentation, phytosanitary certification
requirements, additional declarations to the phytosanitary certificate, inspection and testingrequirements and post-entry quarantine.
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. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[ X ] International Plant Protec tion Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Pest Risk Analysis for Quarantine Pests – ISPM
11 (May 2001).
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available: Biosecurity Act 1993
(as amended) (English).
10. Proposed date of adoption:  14 February 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force: 14 February 2003G/SPS/N/NZL/194
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12. Final date for comments:  3 February 2003
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Plant Imports – Consultation on Avena , Hordeum , Phaseolus , Pisum , Triticum  and Vicia
seeds for sowing
Plants Biosecurity
Biosecurity Authority
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
PO Box 2526
Wellington
New ZealandFax: +64 4 474 4257
Email: plantimports@maf.govt.nz
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority,  [   ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
SPS Coordinator
New Zealand
PO Box 2526101-103 The Terrace
Wellington
New Zealand
Tel: +64 4 474 4226;
Fax: +64 4 470 2730;E-mail: sps@maf.govt.nz
Website: www.maf.govt.nz/biosecurity/sps/transparency/notifications/index.htm