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Notifying Member: NEW ZEALAND

If applicable, name of local government involved:

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Agency responsible: Ministry for Primary Industries

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Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable): New and used: vehicles, including land vehicles, aircraft and watercraft; machinery; parts for/from vehicles and machinery; tyres; wire cables and ropes that are, or have been, attached to machinery and vehicles used for agricultural, horticultural or forestry purposes

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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X]     All trading partners

[ ]      Specific regions or countries:

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Title of the notified document: Import Health Standard: Vehicles, Machinery and Parts. Language(s): English. Number of pages: 32

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/NZL/25_05931_00_e.pdf

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Description of content: MPI is proposing changes to the Import Health Standard: Vehicles, Machinery and Parts.

The Import Health Standard: Vehicles, Machinery and Parts (VMP.IHS) specifies the minimum requirements that must be met when importing vehicles, machinery and parts into New Zealand. Key changes to the import health standard include:

·_        Adding Uzbekistan to the list of countries that must treat goods for brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) during the risk season, as BMSB is now present there;

·_        Requiring treatment for used watercraft with water ballast systems, which have been identified as a pathway for invasive aquatic species;

·_        Allowing manufacturer declarations for new, non-fully enclosed trailers to exempt them from BMSB treatment requirements;

·_        Improving treatment requirements for used parts to strengthen biosecurity and reduce unnecessary fumigant use;

·_        Aligning requirements for used parts with those for used machinery;

·_        Updating definitions;

·_        Reformatting and restructuring the standard to make it easier to understand and use.

These changes will strengthen New Zealand's biosecurity while maintaining current trade on the pathway.

The Risk Management Proposal: Review of the Vehicles, Machinery and Parts Import Health Standard explains how MPI assessed the options for managing risk organisms and discusses why changes to the VMP.IHS occurred.

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Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [X] plant protection, [ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.

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Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:

[ ]        Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text):

[ ]        World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number):

[ ]        International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number):

[X]       None

Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?

[ ] Yes   [ ] No

If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard:

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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: Risk Management Proposal: Review of the Vehicles, Machinery and Parts Import Health Standard

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/NZL/25_05931_01_e.pdf

(available in English)

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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): 1 March 2026

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): 1 March 2026

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Proposed date of entry into force: [X] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy):

[ ]      Trade facilitating measure

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Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 24 December 2025

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/importing/overview/access-and-trade-into-new-zealand/world-trade-organization-notifications/

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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, 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/importing/overview/access-and-trade-into-new-zealand/world-trade-organization-notifications/