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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NZL/79
26 February 2001
(01-0940)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
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 may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Inedible bovine by-products  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to
the extent relevant or practicable:  France and Germany
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Revocation of import health
standard (1 page)
5. Description of content:  The legal instrument used to revoke the Import health standard for
the importation into New Zealand of frozen ined ible bovine by-products for further processing
from France and Germany (16 March 2000).
6. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. Nature of the urgent problem(s):  The import health standard has been revoked following
recent reports of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Europe.  The standard was not
considered to contain adequate BSE measures.  New Zealand is working to review thestandard to include additional safeguards for BSE based on European Community (EEC)
legislation for controls on specified risk material (SRM).
8. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [    ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give its appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  A higher level of sanitary protection than would
be achieved by measures based on the OIE International Animal Health Code: Mammals,
Birds and Bees.
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  None
10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  21 February 2001G/SPS/N/NZL/79
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11. Texts available from/and agency or authority designated to handle comments:
[ X ] National notification authority, [     ] National enquiry point or address, fax
number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Text:  Keawe Woodmore, Coordinator, New Zealand SPS Notification Authority, PO Box
2526, Wellington, New Zealand, Tel: +64 4 474 4226, Fax: +64 4 470 2730, E-mail:sps@maf.govt.nz
Comments: Barbara Christensen, National Ad viser, International Trade, Biosecurity
Authority, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, PO Box 2526, Wellington, New Zealand.
Tel:  +64 4 498 9807; Fax:  +64 4 474 4133;  E-mail: christensenb@maf.govt.nz