WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/NZL/10/Corr.1
4 December 2002
(02-6691)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Corrigendum
The following communication from New Zealand is being circulated in accordance with
Article 10.6.
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Item 7 of Notification G/TBT/ N/NZL/10 made reference to Zea mays  seeds.  This was an error.  The
text should have read Glycine max  seeds.
Item 7 should read as follows:
Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The Biosecurity Act 1993 prohibits the importation of a new organism that has not been
approved under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (HSNO). To date,
genetically modified organisms, including Glycine max seeds, have not been approved for
release into New Zealand. The proposed measures aim to ensure that genetically modified
Glycine max seeds, that are not approved under the HSNO Act, are not released into
New Zealand's environment through imports of conventional Glycine max seed.
Upon adoption, the protocol will remain in force until such time as genetically modified
Glycine max seed is approved for release under the HSNO Act.
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