G/SPS/N/CAN/1425  
 
2 February 2022  
(22-0796) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  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):   
Wood packaging material, including dunnage:  
HS Code 44.15.10 - Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packing, of wood; 
cable-drums of wood;  
HS Code 44.15.20 - Pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of 
wood.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  D-98-08 Entry requirements for wood packaging 
material into Canada . Language(s):  English and French . Number of pages:  24 and 25  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/CAN/22_1300_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/CAN/22_1300_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Canada is proposing revisions to the Canadian Food Inspection 
Agency's (CFIA) directive on wood packaging material (WPM): D -98-08 
Entry  requirements for wood packaging materiel into Canada .  This directive provides the 
requirements for the entry of all wo od packaging materials (WPM) including dunnage, 
pallets, or crating made from wood entering Canada from all areas except the continental 
United States (U.S.).  
Revisions to D -98-08 are intended to mirror recent ISPM 15 updates and more importantly 
to includ e the new shipborne dunnage program, which was notified to the SPS Committee 
in G/SPS/N/CAN/1359 and G/SPS/N/CAN/1359/Add.1.  
The shipborne dunnage program combines forest pest mitigation measures with a flexible 
and easy -to-apply approach that also promote s and encourages the use of ISPM 15 
compliant material.  
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.   G/SPS/N/CAN/1425  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
 ISPM 15: Regulation of wood packaging material in international trade  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international sta ndard?  
[ ] Yes   [X] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  The CFIA supports ISPM 15 and is committed to implementing 
programs promoting the use of ISPM 15 -compliant wood packaging material (WPM). WPM 
compliant with ISPM 15 would normally be permitted to be discharged with no further 
restrictions, however, live pests continue to be intercepted by the CFIA on 
ISPM 15-stamped WPM, including shipborne dunnage. The CFIA has also intercepted WPM 
without ISPM 15 stamps to be co -mingled with stamped WPM, particularly with shipborne 
dunnage.   
The CFIA is therefore implementing, in addition to ISPM 15 requirements, a new shipborne 
dunnage program to safely and efficiently manage all shipborne dunnage brought  into 
Canada.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
Directive D-98-08: Entry requirements for wood packaging material into Canada  (English)  
Directive D-98-08 : Exigences relatives à l'entrée au Canada des matériaux d'emballage 
en bois  (French)   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : April 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : May 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : November 2022  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 3 April 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number  and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Canada's Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2  
Canada  
Tel: +(343) 203 4273  
Fax: +(613) 943 0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca