WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NZL/242/Add.1
17 September 2003
(03-4975)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Addendum
The following communication, dated 11 September 2003, has been received from New
Zealand.
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Importation of bovine semen from the European Union
On 3 July 2003, New Zealand notified to WTO members the draft import health standard
(G/SPS/N/NZL/242) for bovine semen from the European Union.  The final date for comments on the
draft import health standard closed on 5 August 2003.
A small number of comments were received during the comments period and the import
health standard has been modified accordingly.  The following changes have been made to the import
health standard.
The statement about the freedom of herds and centres from quarantine restrictions has been
modified as follows:  the herd(s) of animals in which the donor animals resided during the 90 days
prior to semen collection for this consignment.  If the donor has been in the semen collection centre
for more than 90 days the collection centre will be deemed to be the herd of origin.
The option of virus isolation as an alternative to antigen capture ELISA for BVDV has been
included.
The statement about the attachment of reports to the Zoosanitary Certificate has been altered
to make it clear that only certificates for tests that  are specified in the zoosanitary certificate need to
be attached.
For further information or copies of the notified document, contact Ms Sally Griffin,
Coordinator, SPS New Zealand, PO Box 2526, Wellington, New Zealand.  Tel: +64 4 474 4140;  Fax:
+64 4 470 2730;  E-mail:  sps@maf.govt.nz.  The notified document is also available on the internetat:
http://www.maf.govt.nz/biosecurity/sps/t ransparency/notifications/addendums.htm
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