G/SPS/N/CAN/928  
 
24 April 2015  
(15-2184)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  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): Grapevine propagative material, excluding seeds 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries: France, Germany, United States of America  
5. Title of the notified document: D-94-34: Import and Domestic Movement 
Requirements for Grapevine Propagative Material  Language(s): English and French   
Number of pages: 17 and 19 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/CAN/15_1736_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/CAN/15_1736_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content: The purpose of this revision is to: 
 Update the list of approved grapevine propagative material from countries other 
than the United States of America; 
 Add the list of countries and regions that have Canadian Food Inspection Agency - 
approved Vitis export programs. This list was previously found in D-94-35: List of 
Sources Approved to Export Fruit Tree and Grape Propagative Material to Canada ; 
 Update the list of approved nurseries permitted to ship grapevine propagative 
materials to Canada; and 
 Update treatment requirements for grapevine propagative material. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [X] 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)  ISPM 14: 
The use of integrated measures in a systems approach for pest risk management. 
International Plant Protection Convention, 2002  
[ ] None G/SPS/N/CAN/928 
 
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  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: 
Not available 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 26 June 2015 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 26 June 2015 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 26 December 2015 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 19 June 2015 
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:  
Comments can be submitted directly to:  Horticulture Section 
Plant Health and Biosecurity Directorate 
59 Camelot Drive Ottawa (Ontario) Canada K1A 0Y9 
Tel: +(613) 773 7180 
E-mail: horticulture@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:   
E-mail: horticulture@inspection.gc.ca