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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/158
28 January 2003
(03-0582)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CANADA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
3. Products covered (provide tariff item num ber(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):   All species of wood (tropical and temperate, softwood and hardwood) used in
non-manufactured, non-propagative wood products including:
Artificial Christmas trees containing wood, bamboo fences, bamboo poles, bamboo rakes,
bamboo states, bamboo torches, bark, bark chips, bark mulch, branches, cants, cut
Christmas trees, decorative wood items, dried cones without seed, logs, lumber, poles,
railway ties, roots, round-wood, sawn wood, st ems, wood chips, wood garden stakes, wood
mulch, wood turning blanks, wreaths or an y other non-manufactured wood product or
non-propagative wood products.
In addition, wood lathing, wood stickers, wood spacers and wood attached directly to
lumber are regulated.  These items are considered a form of lumber.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All
countries of the world except the continental USA.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Import requirements of
non-manufactured wood and other non-propa gative wood products, except solid wood
packaging material, from all areas other than  the continental United States (available in
English and French, 16 pages)
6. Description of content:  Phytosanitary import standards for non-manufactured and
non-propagative wood products, including approved treatment measures, plant health
import permit requirements, phytosanitary certificate requirements, product exemptions..
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [ X ]  protect territory from
other damage from pests
8. 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:G/SPS/N/CAN/158
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  D-02-12:  Import
requirements of non-manufactur ed wood and other non-propagative wood products, except
solid wood packaging material, from all areas other than the continental United States
(available in English and French)
10. Proposed date of adoption:  1 April 2003
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 April 2003
12. Final date for comments:  21 March 2003
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 notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/protect/dir/d-02-12e.shtml  (English)
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/ plaveg/protect/dir/d-02-12f.shtml  (French)