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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NZL/188
3 December 2002
(02-6647)
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):  Solanum tuberosum  plants in tissue culture.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: All
countries
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document: Import Requirements for
Solanum tuberosum (available in English,15 pages).
6. Description of content:   The import requirements for Solanum tuberosum stipulates the
requirements for the importation of Solanum tuberosum plants in tissue culture into New
Zealand.
This includes the pre-import requirements, documentation, phytosanitary certification
requirements, additional declarations to the phytosanitary certificate, inspection and testing
requirements and post-entry quarantine.
As these are trade-facilitating measures the import health standard has been adopted.
However, New Zealand will still take any comments into account and amend the import
health standard if necessary.
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:
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available: Biosecurity Act 1993
(as amended).
10. Proposed date of adoption:  16 December 2002
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  16 December 2002G/SPS/N/NZL/188
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12. Final date for comments:  10 December 2002
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ X ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Plant Imports – Consultation on Solanum tuberosum
Plants Biosecurity
Biosecurity Authority
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
PO Box 2526
Wellington
New Zealand
Fax:  +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:
Coordinator
SPS 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