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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/AUS/149
30 July 2003
(03-4061)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   AUSTRALIA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Biosecurity Australia, Commonw ealth Department of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Forestry - Australia
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):   Fresh citrus fruit
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Florida, United States
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Citrus from Florida,
United States, draft import risk analysis (IRA ) report July 2003 (Available in English;  Part
A = 77 pages;  Part B = 119 pages)
6. Description of content:  The IRA report contains the following:
• Information on the background to the IRA, Australia’s framework for quarantine
policy and for import risk analysis, the international framework for trade in plants andplant products, and Australia’s current policy for importation of citrus;
• an outline of the methodology and results of pest categorisation, risk assessment and
risk management;
• draft quarantine import conditions for citrus from Florida;  and
• further steps in the IRA process.
To assist the reader in considering the draft IRA report, it is presented in two separate parts.
Part A includes key components of the risk assessment, the proposed risk management
measures, the draft import conditions and a summary of the stakeholder comments on the
Technical Issues Paper and Biosecurity Australia’s response. Part B contains detailed
technical components of the risk assessment.
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[ X ] International Plant Protec tion Convention, [   ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:   ISPMs 4, 6 and 11 have been followed.G/SPS/N/AUS/149
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9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   Import Risk Analysis
Handbook  (English) available from national inquiry point.
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.
12. Final date for comments:   Comments are requested by 9 September 2003.
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
The Australian SPS Notification Point
GPO Box 858Canberra Act 2601
Australia
Fax:  +61 2 6272 3678
E-mail:  sps.contact@affa.gov.au
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: