G/SPS/N/CAN/1532/Add.1  
18 January 2024  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 18 January 2024, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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D-96-07: Phytosanitary Import Requirements for Screenings, and Grain and Seed for Cleaning  
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has recently completed a review of grain and seed 
import requirements. As a result, the CFIA has revised plant health policy directive, D -96-07: 
Phytosanitary Import Requirements for Screenings, and Grain and Seed for Cleaning.  
While the majority of the requirements outlined in directive D -96-07 remain consistent with current 
import requirements, the CFIA is removing the prohibition for seed or grain to be cleaned in Canada 
when the ma terial originates from outside North America. The proposed directive can be accessed on 
WTO platform.  The list of updates and superseded policies can be found on page 1 of the document.  
Updated pages  
D- 96-07: Import Requirements for Screenings and  Grain and Seed for Cleaning  
https://inspection.canada.ca/plant -health/invasive -species/directives/grains -and-field-crops/d -96-
07/eng/1312248301269/1312248485624  (English)  
https://inspection.canada.ca/protection -des-vegetaux/especes -envahissantes/directives/grain s-et-
grandes -cultures/d -96-07/fra/1312248301269/1312248485624  (French)  
New pages  
Appendix 1: Application to handle or import screenings resulting from the cleaning of seed or grain 
from the continental United States  
https://inspection.canada.ca/plant -health/invasive -species/directives/grains -and-field-
crops/appendix -1/eng/17 04842049968/1704842050374  (English)  
https://inspecti on.canada.ca/protection -des-vegetaux/especes -envahissantes/directives/grains -et-
grandes -cultures/annexe -1/fra/1704842049968/1704842050374  (French)  
Appendix 2: Application to handle screenings resulting from the cleaning of seed or grain imported 
from off -continent  
https://inspection.canada.ca/plant -health/invasive -species/di rectives/grains -and-field-
crops/appendix -2/eng/1704848182966/1704848183341  (English)  
https://inspection.canada.ca/protection -des-vegetaux/especes -envahissantes/directives/grains -et-
grandes -cultures/fra/1704848182966/1704848183341  (French)  
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 of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  G/SPS/N/CAN/1532/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 dat e of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
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:  
 
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 Regu lations 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  
 
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