Pursuant to section 26 of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, the Environmental Risk Management Authority hereby determines that the organism, represented by Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) Bee Mite Surveillance specimen

Accession Number 3/2007/1521, on stick board from beehive (Waikato)

is not a new organism.

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of December 2014.

Dr DEBORAH READ, Chair, Decision-making Committee of the Authority.