G/SPS/N/CAN/1425/Add.1  
 
11 January 2023  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 11 January 2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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D-98-08 Entry requirements for wood packaging material into Canada  
This communication serves to inform Members that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has 
published updates to the directive on wood packaging material (WPM): D -98-08 Entry requirements 
for wood packaging material into Canada, that was previously notified i n G/SPS/N/CAN/1425 . 
This directive provides the requirements for the entry of all wood packaging materials (WPM) including 
dunnage, pallets, or crating made from wood entering Canada from all areas except the continental 
United States (US).  
Revisions to D -98-08 are intended to mi rror recent ISPM 15 updates and more importantly to include 
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 appr oach that also promotes and encourages the use of ISPM 15 compliant material.  
On 6 January 2023 the CFIA has published the revised directive, including the new shipborne dunnage 
program.  
A transition period of six months will be applied until 6 July 2023, after which the new requirements 
will come into force.  
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:  
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.)  G/SPS/N/CAN/1425/Add.1  
 
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  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notificati on Authority, 
[ ] 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:  
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be found at:  
https://inspection.canada.ca/plant -health/invasive -species/directives/forest -products/d -98-
08/eng/1323963831423/1323 964135993  (English)  
https://inspection.canada.ca/protection -des-vegetaux/especes -envahissantes /directives/produits -
forestiers/d -98-08/fra/1323963831423/1323964135993  (French)  
Canada's Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
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Tel: +(343) 203 4273  
Fax: +(613) 943 0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
 
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