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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/201 
19 April 2004 
 (04-1731) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CANADA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Department of the Solicitor Ge neral and Canadian Food Inspection 
Agency (CFIA) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Honeybees (ICS:  65.140) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
United States 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Proposed Honeybee 
Importation Prohibition Regulations, 2004 (available in English and French; pages 1187-1192) 
6. Description of content:    
The purpose of the Health of Animals Act  (the Act) is to prevent the introduction of animal 
diseases into Canada and to prevent the spread  within Canada of dise ases of animals that 
either affect human health or could have a significant economic effect on the Canadian 
livestock industry, and to provide for the hu mane treatment of anim als during transport. 
These proposed Regulations will permit the impor t into Canada of honeybee queens and their 
attendants from the continental US.  The prohibition for importing any other honeybees from the continental US will remain in effect.  Existing provisions of the Health of Animals 
Regulations  will require that pursuant to subs ection 12(1), importation of the honeybee 
queens will occur with the use of a permit issued by the Minister of Agriculture and 
Agri-food pursuant to section 160.  If any ship ment of imported bees does not meet the 
regulatory requirements then it will be  required to be removed from Canada. 
Note:  The Honeybee Importation Prohibition Regulations, 1999  (G/SPS/N/CAN/80) will be 
repealed when these regulations take effect. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [   ] protec t territory from other 
damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  G/SPS/N/CAN/201 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette, 
Part I, 10 April 2004 (available in English and French) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   15 June 2004 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   On the date the measure is adopted. 
12. Final date for comments:  15 May 2004 
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:    
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
The electronic version of the regulat ory text can be downloaded at:  
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2004/20040410/pdf/g1-13815.pdf