WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NZL/33/Add.1
23 March 2001
(01-1448)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 15 March 2001 has been received from New Zealand.
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Generic import health standard for Pinus  species seed for sowing
On 6 April 1999, New Zealand notified to WTO members the draft generic import health
standard for seeds for sowing of Pinus radiata  from any country.  The draft generic import health
standard updated, and was intended to replace, the ex isting import health requirements for seeds for
sowing of Pinus radiata  from any country.  It was proposed that seeds originating from countries or
areas deemed NOT to be free of Fusarium  circinatum  (synonym Fusarium subglutinans  f sp. pini)
shall be required to undergo a period of Level 3 quarantine on arrival in New Zealand. The final date
for comments on the draft generic import health standard closed on 28 May 1999.
As a result of further discussions on the draft generic import health standard, a revised
standard has now been released (2 March 2001).  The revised standard further refines the quarantinerequirements of the imported material in New Zealand and extends the number of Pinus  species
covered by the standard to all those currently know to be present in New Zealand.  The quarantine
requirements for seeds from countries or areas deemed NOT to be free of Fusarium  circinatum
(synonym Fusarium subglutinans  f sp. pini) is now restricted to Level 3 tissue culture quarantine
facilities only.
As the revised standard does not differ substantially from the originally notified draft generic
import health standard (6 April 1999), the revised standard was issued for implementation on
2 March 2001.
The notified document can be obtained from the Mr 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.  The notified document is also available at
http://www.maf.govt.nz/Standards/plants/forest/index.htm.
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