G/SPS/N/CAN/813  
 
5 May 2014  
(14-2715)  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): Seed (ICS Codes: 65.020, 55.200) 
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: Bilingual Labelling, Proposed Regulatory Amendments 
to the Seeds Regulations  Language(s): English and French  Number of pages: 2 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/CAN/14_2179_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/CAN/14_2179_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content: The CFIA intends to amend Subsection 20(4) of the Seeds 
Regulations in order to require that pest control product information be provided in both 
English and French on the package of seed or on a conspicuous label attached to the 
package. ( Currently, this information is required to be printed on the label of the seed 
package in either or both official languages [English and French]. ) As such, the following 
statement will now need to be provided in bo th English and French on packages of seed 
that have been treated with a pest control product:  
20(4) ... "Do not use for food or feed. This seed has been treated with ... 
(common or chemical name of pest control product)" 
"Ne pas utiliser pour l'alimentation des personnes ou des animaux.  Cette 
semence a été traitée avec ... (nom commun ou chimique du produit antiparasitaire)" 
This amendment is to ensure that where the health and safety of consumers may be 
affected, information is available to Canadians in their official language of choice.  
This measure has been notified under the TBT Agreement. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/CAN/813 
 
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  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)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] 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: 
Seeds Regulations: 
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/reg ulations/C.R.C.,_c._1400/index.html  (English) 
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/fra/reg lements/C.R.C.%2C_ch._1400/index.html  (French) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2016 
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) : June 2016 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 25 June 2014 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from: [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/CAN/14_2179_00_e.pdf  (English) 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/CAN/14_2179_00_f.pdf  (French)