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Trade Facilitation | G/TFA/N/AUS/1/REV.3 | Australia | 2022 | Environmental protection from pests and diseases | Export licences, Import licences, Regulation…
Export licences, Import licences, Regulation affecting movement or transit
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Agriculture | Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON)…
Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) includes requirements to import food and agricultural products into Australia, including requirements under various protocols with other countries
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Trade Facilitation | G/TFA/N/AUS/1/REV.3 | Australia | 2022 | Environmental protection from pests and diseases | Export licences, Import licences, Regulation…
Export licences, Import licences, Regulation affecting movement or transit, Environmental provisions in trade agreements
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Not specified | Biosecurity Act 2015: Imposes biosecurity…
Biosecurity Act 2015: Imposes biosecurity requirements on goods imported into Australia
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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | G/SPS/N/NZL/692 | New Zealand | 2022 | Environmental protection from pests and diseases | Technical regulation or specifications | Manufacturing, Services | Craft Risk Management Standard for Vessels.
The…
Craft Risk Management Standard for Vessels.
The proposed Vessels standard combines the current vessels and biofouling requirements (currently found in CRMS- Biofoul ) into a single document. This will result in the CRMS- Biofoul being revoked. Some changes to these requirements have been made to ensure that the Vessels standard remains fit for purpose. Major changes include extended time allowed for short-stay vessels in New Zealand, the inclusion of requirements for vessel biofouling inspections, and a change in common name of regulated pests – Lymantria species (formerly AGM) . The Lymantria species risk period will also be extended and may require more vessels to obtain certificates of freedom. |
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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | G/SPS/N/GBR/14 | United Kingdom | 2022 | Environmental protection from pests and diseases,…
Environmental protection from pests and diseases, Plant protection
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Technical regulation or specifications | Agriculture, Forestry | The Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) (No. 2)…
The Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 amend Annex 7 part A entry 57 of retained Commission Implementing Regulation 2019/2072, to enhance import requirements to prevent the introduction of the plant pest Thaumetopoea pityocampa (pine processionary moth) in Great Britain. (...)
Enhanced import requirements are being introduced following interceptions of Thaumetopoea pityocampa on Pinus trees imported in 2022 from places of production that had been officially designated as free of the pest. (...). Additionally, the remaining special requirements are being extended to include all 'plants', due to evidence that other plants and cut foliage are a pathway for entry. In light of the developments described above, and further evidence that the immediate vicinity of a number of nurseries which have been exporting to Great Britain are infested with the pest, it is considered that the existing import requirements are not adequate to mitigate the risk of introduction of this pest and meet our appropriate level of protection. Additionally, the range of Thaumetopoea pityocampa has been spreading north in mainland Europe and is of increasing concern to Great Britain. Given the recent interception on imports into Great Britain, the spread of the pest, and the highly mobile nature of Thaumetopoea pityocampa with its flying season due to commence imminently, we have determined these measures are required to reduce the risk of pest import. |
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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | G/SPS/N/CHN/1243 | China | 2022 | Environmental protection from pests and diseases,…
Environmental protection from pests and diseases, Plant protection
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Quarantine requirements, Technical regulation or…
Quarantine requirements, Technical regulation or specifications
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Forestry | Notification of Emergency Measures for Plant…
Notification of Emergency Measures for Plant Quarantine Requirements for Import of Pinus spp. in Countries Suffering from Bursaphelenchus lignicolus.
In order to prevent the introduction of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus in imported Pinus spp. into China, General Administration of Customs has decided to, from February 1, 2022, adopt the following quarantine measures for imported Pinus spp. (including logs and sawn timbers) from countries identified as occur areas of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Canada, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Mexico, Portugal and the United States): 1. Laboratory testing and quarantine treatment before export Logs: Before export, the plant quarantine department of the exporting country shall conduct sampling and laboratory testing of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus for every batch of logs exported to China. Where Bursaphelenchus xylophilus is detected, such batch of logs shall not be exported to China; where Bursaphelenchus xylophilus is not detected, before export, such batch of logs shall be subject to fumigation by methyl bromide and sulfuryl fluoride to kill the forest pests such as long-horned beetles. 2. Sawn timbers: Before export, each batch of sawn timbers to be expoted shall be subject to heat treatment to kill forest pests such as Bursaphelenchus xylophilus and long-horned beetles; where the heat treatment is not carried out, the samples shall be taken for the detection of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus; where Bursaphelenchus xylophilusis detected, such batch of sawn timbers shall not be exported to China, where Bursaphelenchus xylophilus is not detected, such batch of sawn timbers shall be subject to fumigation. (...) Bursaphelenchus xylophilus is a very important quarantine nematode that seriously endangers the safety of pine forests of China. Since its outbreak in China in 1982, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus epidemic has spread quickly and caused serious damages. In order to prevent the continuous spread of the Bursaphelenchus xylophilus epidemic, China has taken strict management and control measures, strengthened control of wood infected with Bursaphelenchus xylophilus and its products, and strictly conducted the harmless disposal of wood infected with Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. The Pinus spp.in the occur areas shall not be transported out of the occur areas. Instead, it shall be pulverized, sliced, or destroyed on the spot. Since 2020, China Customs has detected live Bursaphelenchus xylophilus in imported Pinus spp. many times, posing a serious threat to forestry production and ecological security of China. These Emergency Measures are issued to prevent the introduction of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus in the imported Pinus spp.. |
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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | G/SPS/N/CAN/1448 | Canada | 2022 | Environmental protection from pests and diseases,…
Environmental protection from pests and diseases, Plant protection
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Risk assessment | Agriculture | Pest risk management proposal for the regulation…
Pest risk management proposal for the regulation of Cydalima perspectalis in Canada.
The Risk Management Document provides an assessment of risk management options to regulate Cydalima perspectalis (Box tree moth) in Canada. Cydalima perspectalis, box tree moth (BTM), is native to East Asia and has become a serious invasive pest of Buxus spp. plants in Europe. In 2018, three moths were reported in Ontario, Canada, and pest presence was confirmed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in November that same year. (...) The risk management document includes a summary of CFIA's risk assessments on C. perspectalis and presents three pest risk management options for the pest in Canada under the authority of the Plant Protection Act: • Option 1 Status quo: No specific phytosanitary measures for C. perspectalis. • Option 2 Federal regulation of the pest: Creation of a localized regulated area in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and Niagara peninsula (municipalities with positive detections in 2021) . • Option 3 Federal regulation of the pest: Creation of a regulated area for all of Ontario (recommended) . (...) |
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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | G/SPS/N/CAN/1425 | Canada | 2022 | Environmental protection from pests and diseases,…
Environmental protection from pests and diseases, Sustainable forestry management
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Technical regulation or specifications | Forestry | Entry requirements for wood packaging material…
Entry requirements for wood packaging material into Canada.
Canada is proposing revisions to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) directive on wood packaging material (WPM): D-98-08 Entry requirements for wood packaging materiel into Canada. This directive provides the requirements for the entry of all wood packaging materials (WPM) including dunnage, pallets, or crating made from wood entering Canada from all areas except the continental United States (U.S.) . (...) The shipborne dunnage program combines forest pest mitigation measures with a flexible and easy-to-apply approach that also promotes and encourages the use of ISPM 15 compliant material. |
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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | G/SPS/N/AUS/557 | Australia | 2022 | Environmental protection from pests and diseases,…
Environmental protection from pests and diseases, Plant protection
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Risk assessment | Agriculture | Pest risk analysis for bacterial pathogens in the…
Pest risk analysis for bacterial pathogens in the genus Xylella - draft report.
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry initiated a pest risk analysis to assess the biosecurity risks of all Xylella species, and to determine whether the emergency measures manage the biosecurity risks associated with the trade in commercially produced plants for planting and seeds for sowing. |
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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | G/SPS/N/AUS/556 | Australia | 2022 | Environmental protection from pests and diseases,…
Environmental protection from pests and diseases, Plant protection
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Risk assessment, Technical regulation or…
Risk assessment, Technical regulation or specifications
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Agriculture | Dragon fruit from the Philippines: biosecurity…
Dragon fruit from the Philippines: biosecurity import requirements draft report.
The draft report proposes that the importation of commercially produced dragon fruit (Selenicereus spp. that were previously known as Hylocereus spp. and hybrids thereof) to Australia from all commercial export production areas of the Philippines be permitted, subject to a range of biosecurity requirements. The draft report contains details of pests that are of biosecurity concern to Australia that are potentially associated with the importation of commercially produced dragon fruit from the Philippines, the risk assessments for the identified quarantine pests, and the proposed risk management measures to reduce biosecurity risks to an acceptable level. |
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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures | G/SPS/N/AUS/545 | Australia | 2022 | Environmental protection from pests and diseases,…
Environmental protection from pests and diseases, Plant protection
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Risk assessment | Agriculture | Okra from India: biosecurity import requirements …
Okra from India: biosecurity import requirements - draft report.
The draft report proposes that the importation of commercially produced okra fruit (Abelmoschus esculentus) to Australia from all commercial production areas in India be permitted, subject to a range of biosecurity requirements. The draft report contains details of pests that are of biosecurity concern to Australia that are potentially associated with the importation of commercially produced okra fruit from India, the risk assessments for the identified quarantine pests, and the proposed risk management measures to reduce biosecurity risks to an acceptable level. |
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