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|                                                  | G/SPS/N/CAN/163** |
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|                                                  | 18 March 2003     |
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|                                                  | (03-1572)         |
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| **Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary        | Original: English |
| Measures**                                       |                   |
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**NOTIFICATION**

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| ** | **Member to Agreement notifying:** [CANADA]{.underline}         |
| 1. |                                                                 |
| ** | If applicable, name of local government involved:               |
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| ** | **Agency responsible:** Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)  |
| 2. |                                                                 |
| ** |                                                                 |
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| ** | **Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified  |
| 3. | in national schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers       |
| ** | should be provided in addition, where applicable):** Wood       |
|    | packaging (wood or wood products (excluding paper products)     |
|    | used in supporting, protecting or carrying cargo) (ICS: 55.040, |
|    | 79.040)                                                         |
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| ** | **Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent     |
| 4. | relevant or practicable:** All countries or regions except the  |
| ** | continental United States                                       |
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| ** | **Title, language and number of pages of the notified           |
| 5. | document:** D-98-08 (3^rd^ Revision, 2003): Entry Requirements  |
| ** | for Wood Packaging Produced in all Areas other than the United  |
|    | States (English, 17 pages; French 18 pages)                     |
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| ** | **Description of content:** Wood packaging entering Canada from |
| 6. | all areas except the continental United States must be treated  |
| ** | and certified in accordance with the standards established in   |
|    | the *International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures* (*ISPM) |
|    | #15: Guidelines for Regulating Wood Packaging Material in       |
|    | International Trade* or in a manner approved by the Canadian    |
|    | Food Inspection Agency.                                         |
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| ** | **Objective and rationale: \[**   **\] food safety, \[   \]     |
| 7. | animal health, \[ X \] plant protection,**                      |
| ** |                                                                 |
|    | **\[   \] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,     |
|    | \[   \] protect territory from other damage from pests**        |
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| ** | **International standard, guideline or recommendation:**        |
| 8. |                                                                 |
| ** | **\[**   **\] Codex Alimentarius Commission, \[   \] Office     |
|    | International des Epizooties,**                                 |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | **\[ X \] International Plant Protection Convention, \[   \]    |
|    | None**                                                          |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | **If an international standard, guideline or recommendation     |
|    | exists, give the appropriate reference and briefly identify     |
|    | deviations:** The proposed Canadian import policy permits in    |
|    | addition to those specified in the standard identification      |
|    | markings or the use of certificates in lieu of markings for an  |
|    | interim period of time only. This deviation has been allowed to |
|    | permit exporting countries sufficient time to adapt to the      |
|    | international measures.                                         |
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| ** | **Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are         |
| 9. | available:**                                                    |
| ** |                                                                 |
|    | ISPM #15: Guidelines for Regulating Wood Packaging Material in  |
|    | International Trade (Available in all languages of the FAO).    |
|    | The document may be accessed at:                                |
|    | [www.ippc.                                                      |
|    | int/servlet/BinaryDownloaderServlet/16259_1031241811859_ispm15. |
|    | pdf?filename=1031241811859_ispm15e.pdf&refID=16259]{.underline} |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | Plant Protection Act and Plant Protection Regulations           |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | <http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/reg/rege.shtml> (English)  |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | <http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/reg/regf.shtml> (French)  |
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| *  | **Proposed date of adoption:** 1 June 2003                      |
| *1 |                                                                 |
| 0. |                                                                 |
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| *  | **Proposed date of entry into force:** 1 June 2003.             |
| *1 |                                                                 |
| 1. |                                                                 |
| ** |                                                                 |
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| *  | **Final date for comments:** 10 May 2003                        |
| *1 |                                                                 |
| 2. | **Agency or authority designated to handle comments:            |
| ** | \[   \] National notification authority, \[ X \] National       |
|    | enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if    |
|    | available) of other body:**                                     |
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| *  | **Texts available from: \[   \] National notification           |
| *1 | authority, \[ X \] National enquiry point, or address, fax      |
| 3. | number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:**       |
| ** |                                                                 |
|    | The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded |
|    | at:                                                             |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | [www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/for/fore.sh                |
|    | tml](http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/for/fore.shtml) |
|    | (English)                                                       |
|    |                                                                 |
|    | [www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/plaveg/for/forf.sht              |
|    | ml](http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/plaveg/for/forf/shtml) |
|    | (French)                                                        |
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