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Notifying Member: Australia

If applicable, name of local government involved:  

2.

Agency responsible: Australian Government Department of Agriculture

3.

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): Fresh nectarine fruit (Prunus persica var. nectarina)

4.

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

[ ]      All trading partners  

[X]    Specific regions or countries: China

5.

Title of the notified document: Draft report for the non-regulated analysis of existing policy for fresh nectarine fruit from China, May 2015  Language(s): English  Number of pages: 291

6.

Description of content: Draft pest risk analysis and the proposed measures to achieve Australias appropriate level of protection for the import of fresh nectarine fruit from China. The draft report includes:

-         Summary

-         Introduction, including Australia's biosecurity policy framework and this pest risk analysis;

-         Method for pest risk analysis;

-         China's commercial production practices for nectarines;

-         Pest risk assessments for quarantine pests;

-         Pest risk management; and

-         Pest categorisation.

7.

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

8.

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)  

[X]    International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number) ISPM No 2 and 11

[ ]      None

Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? 

[X] Yes   [ ] No

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

9.

Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    

10.

Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

11.

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

[ ]      Trade facilitating measure  

12.

Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 28 June 2015

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body:  

13.

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

The Australian SPS Notification Point

GPO Box 858

CANBERRA  ACT  2601

Australia

Fax: +(61 2) 6272 3678

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

Report available (in English) from the Department of Agriculture website:

http://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity/risk-analysis/memos/ba2015-04.