Nursery Stock - 'Additional Declaration 8' to Norway

8. Plants intended for planting (other than seeds) of Apium graveolens, Argyranthemum spp., Aster spp., Brassica spp., Capsicum annuum, Cucumis spp., Dendranthema spp., Dianthus spp. and hybrids, Exacum spp., Gerbera spp., Gypsophila spp., Lactuca spp., Leucanthemum spp., Lupinus spp., Lycopersicon esculentum, Solanum melongena, Tanacetum spp., and Verbena spp.

Additional Declaration:

"No signs of Amauromyza maculosa, Liriomyza huidobrensis, Liriomyza sativae and Liriomyza trifolii were observed at the place of production during an official inspections carried out at least monthly during the three months prior to export"

Note Amauromyza maculosa, Liriomyza huidobrensis, Liriomyza trifoli and Liriomyza sativae are not known to occur in New Zealand

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Nursery Stock General Requirements to Norway

Definition of plants (nursery) for the determination of AD's for Norway

Nursery stock includes whole plants and parts of plants intended for planting when exported as nursery stock. Includes bulbs, corms, rhizomes and tubers. Does not include seed for sowing.

Additional Declarations

Additional declarations identified within the Commodity Specific Requirements for Plants (Nursery) are indicated in two ways. The first a numbering format eg.

2,5,6	Numbers in standard text are compulsory requirements
1,4	Numbers in bold are consignment dependent eg. where roots are attached

Secondly, AD’s for a specific species that are additional to that indicated by the stated numbers will be identified where applicable.

Additional declarations are not required to be entered onto the phytosanitary certificate, but the AD's must be met before a phytosanitary certificate can be issued.

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Norway General Requirements

General Information

For enquires about this standard email the Plant Exports Team:

plantexports@maf.govt.nz

To help Exports process your email please record in the subject line of your email descriptive keywords which are relevant to your enquiry i.e. ICPR enquiry-Country-specific details.

For urgent enquiries phone or fax the Plant Exports Team

Telephone: 0800 008 333 (selecting option 3, then option 4)
Fax: 64 4 894 0733

Scope

This standard specifies Norway’s phytosanitary requirements for the stated commodities and commodity classes only.  If a commodity or commodity grouping is not identified within Commodity Class Requirements or Commodity Specific Requirements exporters should contact:

• Norway directly to ascertain requirements refer Phytosanitary Import Permits

or

• Biosecurity New Zealand. Please note, the determination of phytosanitary requirements is undertaken on a cost recovery basis

Users of this document are strongly advised to review all sections of the ICPR for the determination of a commodity’s phytosanitary requirements.

Phytosanitary Legislation

The following legislation controls the importation of plants and plant materials into Norway

• Act of 4 December 1970 on Seeds

• Act of 12 May 1995 No. 23 on Soil (Section 3)

• Act of 23 June 2000 No. 53 on Plant Health

General Requirements

Prohibitions

Phytosanitary Import Permits

Import permits are not required for the entry of plants or plant products into Norway

Approval from the Norwegian Agricultural Inspection Service is required for the importation of genetically modified organisms.

Conditions for import may be requested from:

Director
Norwegian Agricultural Inspection Service
PO Box 3
N -1431 AS
NORWAY

Telephone: 0047 64 944 400
Facsimile: 0047 64 944 410

Phytosanitary Certificates

Phytosanitary certificates are required to accompany all consignments from New Zealand with the exception of:

• small packages of seeds up to 25 (of maximum 30gms) by travellers hand luggage or by post
• passenger accompanied plants. Allowable quantities as specified below
  
  Maximum of 25 cut flowers
  
  Maximum of 3kg of flower bulbs and corms with the exception of species identified as prohibited in Prohibitions
  
  Maximum of 10kg of fruit, berries and vegetables (excluding potatoes)

Plants and parts of plants imported under the above exception can only be imported for personnel use and must not be used for commercial purposes

Original of the phytosanitary certificate issued by the country of origin is required to accompany re export certificates.

Additional declarations identified within this standard for specific commodities are not required to be entered upon a phytosanitary certificate, but the AD's must be met before a certificate can be issued.

Quarantine Pests

List 1

Pests which are prohibited from introduction into and spread within Norway

List 2

Pests whose introduction into, and/or whose spread within Norway is prohibited if these are present on the plants and other regulated articles specified.

Maximum Pest Limit (MPL)

For all commodities exported to Norway requiring phytosanitary certificates, MPL's are:

Quarantine pests* specified by Norway	0.5%
Soil	25g/600unit

*Quarantine pests for Norway include organisms identified within:

• Quarantine pests of this standard
• Additional declarations
• Phytosanitary import permit

Ports of Entry

Entry of all consignments is restricted to the following ports:

• Oslo  (Oslo regional customs office and the Gardermoen division of the customs procedures department)
• Tønsberg  (Tønsberg customs office)
• Kristiansand  (Kristiansand regional customs office)
• Stavanger (Stavanger regional customs office)
• Bergen (Bergen regional customs office)
• Stjørdal (Trondheim regional customs office)
• Bodø (Bodø regional customs office)
• Tromsø (Tromsø regional customs office)
• Vadsø (Vadsø customs office)

Alternative ports of entry may be permitted by prior arrangement

Inspection on Arrival

All consignments of imported plant material are subject to inspection by Norwegian authorities for phytosanitary purposes on arrival.

Transit

Consignments transiting Norway must be packaged / transported within sealed conveyances. If sealing is unable to undertaken, prior permission from the Norwegian Agricultural Inspection Service must be sought.

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