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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/141
26 July 2002
(02-4164)
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:
United Kingdom
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
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 RiskAssessment Unit of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.  This assessment has concluded
that 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 it is known to occur.  Import
restrictions were applied to nursery stock of host species, forest products with bark of hostspecies and soil originating from the Netherlands, Germany and the United States, on
9 March 2001.  At that time, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency provided notification to
the WTO regarding the establishment of these emergency phytosanitary import
requirements.  Recently, Canada has become aware that the disease also occurs in the
United Kingdom.  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 July 2002, Canada was
made aware that sudden oak death had been found in England, Scotland, Wales and
Guernsey.  As such, Canada is extending existing regulatory controls for this disease to all
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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. D-95-14: Importation of  Logs, Lumber and other Unmanufactured Wood Products
from all Areas other than the Continental United States (U.S.) - English/French.
2. Kliejunas, J., 2000.  Sudden Oak Death.  Phytophthora sp.  Pest Risk Assessment.
USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Vallejo, California, USA.  7 pp. –
English.
3. UK Findings of Phytophthora ramorum (Cause of Sudden Oak Death) and Emergency
Action, www.defra.gov.uk , July 2002 – English.
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):   1 August 2002
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ X ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (ifavailable) of other body:
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [   ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: