WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NZL/35/Add.1
23 March 2001
(01-1447)
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 Pseudotsuga menziesii  seed for sowing
On 6 April 1999, New Zealand notified to WTO members the draft generic import health
standard for seeds for sowing of Pseudotsuga menziesii from any country.  The draft generic import
health standard updated, and was intended to replace, the existing import health requirements forseeds for sowing of Pseudotsuga menziesii 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 quarantine
requirements of the imported material 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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