G/SPS/N/CAN/631/Rev.1  
 
28 April 2015  
(15-2310)  Page: 1/3  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Revision 
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): The following plant and its propagative parts are 
prohibited: Pueraria montana  (kudzu) 
This prohibition applies to both intentional and non-intentional pathways of introduction. 
Commodities or articles found to be infested with prohibited plants or their propagative parts will be subject to phytosanitary action. 
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: Directive D-12-01: Phytosanitary requirements to 
prevent the introduction and establishment of plants regulated as pests in Canada: 
Appendix 1  Language(s): English and French  Number of pages: 3 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/CAN/15_1804_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/CAN/15_1804_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content: Pest risk analysis was conducted on the above pest plant 
species and it was determined that it poses a significant risk to Canada's plant resource 
base. Based on this analysis, the CFIA is proposing to regulate this species as quarantine 
pests under the Plant Protection Act . This species is in addition to species that are 
already regulated by the CFIA under the Plant Protection Act . 
Intentional importation of this species is prohibited. To prevent non-intentional 
(contaminants) imports, all commodities to be imported into Canada are required to be 
free from propagative parts of these pest plant species. The CFIA has the authority to establish preventive import conditions for the import of host commodity materials to 
Canada. 
As such, some commodities that present a risk for introduction of prohibited species may 
be regulated. Please note that not all the prohibited plant species will be associated with 
all the regulated commodities. 
The Automated Import Reference System and a ll applicable directives will be amended, 
where appropriate, to reflect commodity-specific import requirements for these prohibited species after the end of the co mment period and prior to implementation. G/SPS/N/CAN/631/Rev.1 
 
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  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.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? 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)  ISPMs 1, 2, 
11 and 20  
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[X] Yes   [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  
D-12-01: Phytosanitary requirements to preven t the introduction of plants regulated as 
pests in Canada/D-12-01: Exigences phytosanitaires visant à prévenir l'introduction de 
végétaux réglementés comme étant des organismes nuisibles au Canada http://www.inspection.gc.ca/plants/plan t-protection/directives/date/d-12-
01/eng/1380720513797/1380721302921  (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/veg etaux/protection-des-veget aux/directives/date/d-12-
01/fra/1380720513797/1380721302921  (French) 
Invasive Plants Policy of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency/Politique sur les plantes 
envahissantes de l'Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments: 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/pl aveg/invenv/consult/iaspole.shtml  (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca /francais/plaveg/invenv/ consult/iaspolf.shtml  (French) 
Weeds Seeds Order 2005/Arrêté sur les graines de mauvaises herbes de 2005: 
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/S -8/SOR-2005-220/index.html  (English) 
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/fra/DORS-2005-220/index.html  (French) 
List of Regulated Pest by Canada/Liste des parasites réglementés par le Canada: 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/ plaveg/protect/listpespare.shtml  (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc. ca/francais/plaveg/pro tect/listpesparf.shtml  (French) 
Automated Import Reference System/Système de référence automatisé à l'importation: 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca /english/imp/airse.shtml  (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/f rancais/imp/airsf.shtml  (French)   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : August 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : August 2015 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 17 February 2016 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure    G/SPS/N/CAN/631/Rev.1 
 
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  12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 27 June 2015 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Comments can be submitted directly to: 
Wendy Asbil 
National Manager, Invasive Alien Species and Domestic Control Section 59 Camelot Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0Y9 
E-mail: IAS.EEE@inspection.gc.ca  
13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: