Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - Notification - New Zealand - In vitro produced embryos from bovines - Addendum


NOTIFICATION

Addendum

The following communication, received on 21 August 2025, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of New Zealand.

 

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Adoption of Import Health Standard: Bovine Germplasm

New negotiations for in vitro produced embryos (IVP) and/or from new markets intending to export to New Zealand must be negotiated under Import Health Standard: Bovine Germplasm. They can be used as soon as they are agreed. Where it is necessary to renegotiate currently agreed certificates for bovine semen and in vivo derived embryos (IVD), this will be communicated directly to trading partners. The existing regulations will remain in effect until 30 October 2025.

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/NZL/25_05524_00_e.pdf

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:

Sally Griffin, 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

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, 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

 

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