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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/180
4 July 2003
(03-3606)
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 (CFIA)
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):   Logs, trees, wood with bark attached, wood chips, bark chips, nursery stock
and firewood in the genus Fraxinus  (ash)
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   China,
Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Russia, Taiwan, United Sates (US)
5. Title, language  and number of pages of the notified document:  D-03-08:
Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Introduction into and Spread within Canada of
the Emerald Ash Borer, Agrilus planipennis  (Fairmaire), into Canada (English, 15 pages;
French, 17 pages)
6. Description  of content:   The phytosanitary requirements for the importation and the
movement within Canada of nursery stock, trees, logs, wood with bark attached, wood
chips or bark chips and firewood from trees in the genus  Fraxinus  that may contain living
stages of the emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis .
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:   The Emerald Ash Borer
is a highly destructive insect pest of ash trees which was discovered in Canada and theUnited States for the first time in the summer of 2002.  It has caused tree mortality and
poses a major economic and environmental threat to urban and forested areas of Canada
and the US.
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:G/SPS/N/CAN/180
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10. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  D-03-08:
Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Introduction into and Spread within Canada of
the Emerald Ash Borer, Agrilus planipennis  (Fairmaire), into Canada  (available in English
and French).
Plant Protection Act (1990, c. 22 ), Plant Protection Regulations (available in English and
French)
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):   3 June 2003
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (ifavailable) 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 Di rective can be downloaded at:
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/protect/dir/d-03-08e.pdf (English)
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/plaveg/protect/dir/d-03-08f.pdf (French)
The regulatory text of the Plant Protection Regulations is available at:
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/reg/rege.shtml  (English)
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/reg/regf.shtml  (French)