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7 April 2021  
(21-2858) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 31 March 2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Australia . 
 
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Updated implementation advice for revised import conditions for apiaceous vegetable seeds for 
sowing  
Further to advice provided in notification G/SPS/N/AUS/436, Australia will suspend the mandatory 
fungicide treatment requirement for imported Daucus carota  (carrot) and Foeniculum vulgare  (fennel) 
seeds for sowing to allow stakeholders time to identify and  provide a submission on proposed 
alternative risk mitigation measures equivalent to fungicidal treatment, for consideration by the 
department. Information on the recognition of alternative measures for seeds for sowing are provided 
in Section 4.5 of the d epartment's Final review of import conditions for apiaceous vegetable seeds for 
sowing.  
Australia will review the implementation of the fungicide treatment requirement by October 2021.  
The import conditions will be available on the Australia's Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) 
system: https://bicon.agriculture.gov.au/BiconWeb4.0/ . 
As advised in G/SPS/N/AUS/512, an import permit is now required for seed of  Anthriscus cerefolium , 
Apium graveolens , F. vulgare , Pastinaca  sativa and Petroselinum  crispum . 
Australia published the Final review of import conditions for apiaceous vegetable seeds for sowing  on 
29 March 2021 . 
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[X] Change in proposed date of adoption, publica tion or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the 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, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addend um to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  G/SPS/N/AUS/436/Add.1  
 
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  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:  
The Australi an SPS Notification Authority  
GPO Box 858  
Canberra ACT 2601  
Australia  
E-mail: sps.contact@agriculture.gov.au  
Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
The Australian SPS Notification Authority  
GPO Box 858  
Canberra ACT 2601  
Australia  
E-mail: sps.contact@agriculture.gov.au  
 
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