G/SPS/N/CAN/730  
 
27 September 2013  
(13-5184)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
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; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable):  
 Soybean seed (HS Code: 12.01.10);  
 Seed Potatoes and Other Potato Propagative Material;  
 Potatoes, potato parts and potato by-products;  
 Edible roots for consumption or processing; 
 All propagative plant material, in association with soil, that originates from areas 
where Heterodera glycines  is known to occur. 
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: Pest Risk Management Document for the deregulation 
of Heterodera glycines  Ichinohe (Soybean Cyst Nematode)  Language(s): English and 
French  Number of pages: 15 and 17 
6. Description of content: Canada intends to deregulate Heterodera glycines  
(H. glycines ). Effective 25 November 2013, the CFIA will not enforce the import 
regulations related to H. glycines  for the commodities listed in section 3, above 
(Products covered), nor will the CFIA enforce the Schedule II of the Plant Protection 
Regulations  pertaining to the domestic movement restriction of H. glycines  infested 
material. A notification pertaining to the deregulation will be issued at a later date. 
The decision took into account several factors, including the low risk of the pest and the 
availability of Soybean Cyst Nema tode- resistant soybean varieties. 
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 n° 1, 
2, and 17  G/SPS/N/CAN/730 
 
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  [ ] 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: 
Automated Import Reference System - Système automatisé de référence 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) : 25 November 2013 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 25 November 2013 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 19 November 2013 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Brian Double, A/National Manager, Grains and Oilseeds Section  
Plant Health and Biosecurity Directorate  59 Camelot Drive 
Ottawa (Ontario) Canada 
K1A 0Y9 Tel: +(613) 773 7246 
E-mail: Brian.Double@inspection.gc.ca 
13. Texts available from: [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
The text can be downloaded from:  
http://inspection.gc.ca/eng/1377523533087/1377523534384  (English) 
http://inspection.gc.ca/fra/1377523533087/1377523534384  (French)