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24 March 2023  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 24 March 2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of New Zealand . 
 
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Amendment to the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) Import health standard 155.02.06: 
Importation of Nursery Stock  
MPI has amended the import health standard 155.02.06: Importation of Nursery Stock  effective 
22 March 2023. This standard was amended to allow the use of an alternative onshore chemical 
treatment for the management of the regulated scale Chrysomphalus aonidum  on all Dracaena  whole 
plants and non -dormant cuttings  eligible to be imported into New Zeala nd, in lieu of onshore methyl 
bromide fumigation.  
Additionally, the Dracaena  onshore treatment requirements have been transferred to the MPI 
Approved Biosecurity Treatments Standard (ABTRT).  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for co mments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addend um to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
Sally Griffi n, Coordinator, SPS New Zealand, PO Box 2526, Wellington, New Zealand. Tel: +(64 4) 
894 0431; Fax: +(64 4) 894 0733; E -mail: sps@mpi.govt.nz  
Website: https://www.mpi.govt.nz/news -and-resources/consultations  G/SPS/N/NZL/709/Add.1  
 
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  Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Sally Griffin, Coordina tor, SPS New Zealand, PO Box 2526, Wellington, New Zealand. Tel: +(64 4) 
894 0431; Fax: +(64 4) 894 0733; E -mail: sps@mpi.govt.nz  
Website: https://www.mpi.govt.nz/news -and-resources/consultations  
 
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