G/SPS/N/CAN/1448/Add.1  
 
13 December 2022  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 13 December 2022, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Canada . 
 
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RMD-22-02: Pest risk management decision for the regulation of Cydalima perspectalis  in Canada  
This communication serves to inform Members that following a 30 day consultation of risk 
management document (RMD ) RMD -22-02: Pest risk management proposal for the regulation of 
Cydalima perspectalis  in Canada, previously notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/1448  (dated 5 Augu st 2022), 
the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has adopted option 3: establishment of a regulated area 
for the province of Ontario.  
The CFIA has added Cydalima perspectalis,  box tree moth (BTM) , to its List of pests regulated by 
Canada . 
On 12 December 2022, the CFIA has added import requirements for Buxus  spp. plants for planting 
to the Automated Import Reference System . 
A transition period of 60 days will be applied allowing importation of product without additional 
declarations on phytosanitary cer tificates until 10 February 2023 . After this date, additional 
declarations will be required or consignments will be refused.  
Additional declarations:  
• "The consignment was produced and prepared for export under a CFIA -accepted systems 
approach for Cydalima perspectalis ." 
OR 
• "The consignment was produced in a CFIA -recognized pest -free area for Cydalima perspectalis ." 
In addition , the importation of Buxus  spp. plants for planting originating from Cydalima perspectalis  
quarantine areas in the United States or f rom countries considered infested with Cydalima perspectalis  
will be prohibited into the Province of British Columbia.  
Changes will come into force on 10 February 2023.  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date o f entry into force  
[ ] Other:  G/SPS/N/CAN/1448/Add.1  
 
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  Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification an d/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
 
Text(s) available from: [  ] Nationa l Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be found at:  
https://inspection.canada.ca/plant -health/invasive -species/directives/pest -risk-management/rmd -
22-02/eng/1668704585766/1668704586578  (English)  
https://inspection.canada.ca/protection -des-vegetaux/especes -envahissantes/dire ctives/gestion -
des-risques -phytosanitaire/dgr -22-02/fra/1668704585766/1668704586578  (French)  
Canada's Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0G2  
Canad a 
Tel: +(343) 203 4273  
Fax: +(613) 943 0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
 
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