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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/157
10 December 2002
(02-6821)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CANADA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Canadian Food Inspection Agency
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):   Nursery stock of host species, forest products with bark (logs) of host species,
soil.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   Spain
5. Title, language  and number of pages of the notified document:  D-01-01:
Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Entry of Phytophthora ramorum  (Sudden Oak
Death) to Canada (Available in English and French)
6. Description of content:   Sudden oak death is a serious disease of oaks and other species
caused by the fungus-like organism Phytophthora ramorum .  The disease has not been
found in Canada.  A pest risk assessment has been completed by the Plant Health Risk
Assessment Unit of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.  This assessment has concludedthat if sudden oak death was to be introduced, the disease could have a substantial impact
to the forest resources and the environment of Canada.  As such the Canadian Food
Inspection Agency began regulating high risk pathways for the introduction of this disease
from areas of the world where sudden oak death is known to occur. Import restrictions have
been applied to nursery stock of host species, forest products with bark of host species andsoil originating from the Netherlands, Germany, the United States, and Great Britain.  The
Canadian Food Inspection Agency has provided notification to the WTO regarding the
establishment of these emergency phytosanitary import requirements (G/SPS/N/CAN/97
and G/SPS/N/CAN/141).  Recently, Canada has become aware that the disease also occurs
in Spain.  As such Canada is now extending regulatory requirements to this area.
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:   In September 2002,
Canada was made aware that sudden oak death had been reported in the towns of Palma
and Santa Maria del Camí, Spain.  As such, Canada is extending existing regulatory
controls for this disease to all areas of Spain.G/SPS/N/CAN/157
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9. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
1.  Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 1996, D-95 -14:  Importation of  Logs, Lumber and
other Unmanufactured Wood Products from all Areas other than the Continental
United States (U.S.) –  Available in English/French.(http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/protect/dir/d-95-14e.shtml)
2. Kliejunas, J., 2000.  Sudden Oak Death.  Phytophthora sp.  Pest Risk Assessment.
USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Vallejo, California, USA.  7 pp. –
Available in English. (http://camfer.cnr.berkeley.edu/oaks/SODPRA.html)
3. E. Moralejo, 2002, First Report of Phytophthora ramorum on Rhododendron sp. In
Spain, Plant Disease 86:9 pp. 1052 – Available in English.
(http://www.apsnet.org/pd/+toc/2002/dse02tp.asp)
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):   7 November 2002
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax 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/protect/dir/d-01-01e.shtml