. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NZL/76
27 October 2000
(00-4485)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  NEW ZEALAND
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Scoured fibre from sheep ( Ovis aries ), goats ( Capra hircus ), llama ( Lama
glama ), alpaca ( Lama pacos ), vicuña ( Vicugna vicugna ), and guanaco ( Lama guanicoe )
Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portug al, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United
Kingdom and the United States of America
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Import health standard for the
importation into New Zealand of scoured animal fibre from specified countries (6 pages)
5. Description of content:  This import health standard allows for the importation of scoured
animal fibre from Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, No rway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
United Kingdom and the United States of America.  These products are eligible for entry to
New Zealand provided they are accompanied by zoosanitary certification attesting to the
following:
(a) Foot-and-mouth disease and sheep pox and goat pox have not occurred in the
exporting country during the previous 12 months;
(b) The fibre has been subjected to aqueous scouring at 60-70°C;
(c) After scouring, the fibre was EITHER dyed, OR further washed in water for at least
1 minute at a temperature of not less than 75°C, OR dried at a minimum
temperature of 70°C for at least 2 minutes.
6. Objective and rationale: [    ] food safety,  [  X ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
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7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [    ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations: The import health standard complies with the
recommendations of the Office Internationa l des Epizooties (OIE) International Animal
Health Code: mammals, birds a nd bees with respect to foot and mouth disease and sheep pox
and goat pox.  Additional safeguards are in place to prevent the introduction to New Zealand
of Brucella melitensis , Q fever, contagious agalactia, contagious caprine pleuropneumonia,
enzootic abortion of ewes, Salmonella abortus ovis , Psoroptes ovis  (sheep scab) and ticks of
the family Ixodidae.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Import risk analysis:
unprocessed fibre of sheep and goats (Available in English)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  22 December 2000
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  22 December 2000
11. Final date for comments:  20 December 2000
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [     ] National notification
authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:  Barbara Christensen, National Adviser, International Trade,
Biosecurity Authority, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, PO Box 2526, Wellington,New Zealand;  Tel: (+64) 4 498 9807;  Fax:  (+64) 4 474 4133;
E-mail:  christensenb@maf.govt.nz
12. Texts available from: [  X ] National notification authority, [    ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: