Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Notification - Australia - Fresh passionfruit - Addendum

NOTIFICATION

Addendum

The following communication, received on 19 September 2024, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of Australia.

 

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Passionfruit from Viet Nam: Biosecurity import requirements draft report

Australia has published import conditions for fresh passionfruit from Viet Nam, for human consumption. Australia and Viet Nam have agreed to the use of irradiation treatment as a pre-export phytosanitary measure to manage quarantine fruit flies, mealybugs, scale insects, and false spider mites to achieve the appropriate level of protection for Australia.

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This addendum concerns a:

[ ]           Modification of final date for comments

[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 addendum 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:

Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

GPO Box 858

Canberra ACT 2601

Australia

Tel: +(61 2) 6272 3933

E-mail: sps.contact@aff.gov.au

Website: http://www.agriculture.gov.au

Text(s) available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

GPO Box 858

Canberra ACT 2601

Australia

Tel: +(61 2) 6272 3933

E-mail: sps.contact@aff.gov.au

Website: http://www.agriculture.gov.au

 

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