RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SPS/N/AUS/12
5January 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-0026)
Committee onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION
1. Member toAgreement notifying: AUSTRALIA
Ifapplicable, name oflocal government involved:
2. Agency responsible: Australian Quarantine andInspection Service
3. Products covered (tariff item number(s) asspecified innational schedules deposited with
theWTO. ICSnumbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Bovine semen
4. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Quarantine Requirements forthe
Importation ofBovine Semen from NewCaledonia (7pages)
5. Description ofcontent:
-description ofimport permit
-description ofhealth certificate
-conditions ofentry
-agents responsibilities
-model health certificate
-country health status
-residency requirements
-animal history andhealth status
-supervision ofcollecting programme
-testing
-semen collecting andprocessing
-semen storage
6. Objective andrationale: Tofacilitate theimportation ofbovine semen from New
Caledonia intoAustralia without jeopardising thehealth status ofAustralian bovines.
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7. Aninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation does notexist [].
Ifaninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation exists, whenever possible,
identify deviations: These conditions arebased onEUDirective 88/407/EEC.
Australia isfreeofsome virulent strains ofpestivirus. TheEUDirective requires a
virus isolation testduring the30daysbefore thepre-collection isolation period. These
conditions require avirus neutralisation testpre-collection, acomparative testafter
collection andavirus isolation testduring collection.
8. Relevant documents: Quarantine requirements fortheimportation ofbovine embryos
from NewCaledonia
9. Proposed date ofadoption andentry intoforce: These amendments toexisting
conditions were introduced on30November 1995.
10. Final date forcomments: Comments arewelcome atanytime. Conditions canbe
amended andupdated asrequired.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: