G/SPS/N/CAN/1359/Add.1  
 
6 April 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 6 April 2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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RMD-20-02 Risk management Document on Shipborne Dunnage Program  
Since 2008, all dunnage that is discharged in Canada is considered non -compliant as segregation of 
International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM 15) -compliant and non -compliant dunnage 
after discharge has been difficult. Inspection after discharge thr ough piles of dunnage is a safety 
hazard and inefficient. Also, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) periodically finds signs of 
living pests in ISPM -15-stamped wood packaging material, including shipborne dunnage. 
RMD-20-02 proposed four risk manage ment options to uniformly, safely and efficiently manage 
shipborne dunnage brought into Canada. The recommended option (option 4) is an audit -based 
program with preventive control plans that restrict reuse of shipborne dunnage during low -risk periods 
and a sks for mandatory disposal during high -risk periods.  
The recommended option, which received the majority of the support during the national and 
international consultation, is the selected option. It combines robust forest pest mitigation measures 
with a fl exible and easy -to-apply approach that also promotes and encourages the use of ISPM 15 
compliant material. The CFIA will be implementing option 4, as proposed with some improvements 
that were received during the consultation. The implementation of option 4  will require the relevant 
plant health directive (D -98-08) be amended to incorporate the new shipborne dunnage program, 
which will include a national and international consultation period.  
The effectiveness of the selected option will be assessed over the  next several years. The CFIA is 
moving in a graduated direction that will permit ISPM 15 compliant dunnage to enter Canada without 
restrictions.  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publica tion 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/1359/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 app licable  
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: [  ] National Notification Authorit y, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
The document RMD -20-02 is available at the following webpage:  
https://inspection.canada.ca/plant -health/plant -pests -invasive -species/directives/pest -risk-
management/rmd -20-02/eng/1616514111324/1616514111981  (English)  
https://inspection.canada.ca/protection -des-vegetaux/phytoravageurs -especes -
envahissantes/direc tives/gestion -des-risques -phytosanitaire/dgr -20-
02/fra/1616514111324/1616514111981  (French)  
 
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