G/SPS/N/CAN/1388/Add.1  
17 January 2022  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 17 January 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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D-95-03: Plant protection policy for marine vessels arriving in Canada from areas regulated for Asian 
gypsy moth ( Lymantria dispar, Lymantria albescens, Lymantria postalba, Lymantria umbrosa ) 
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has updated its Directive D -95-03: Plant protection 
policy for marine vessels arriving in Canada from areas regulated for Asian gypsy moth to reflect the 
changes to specified risk periods (SRPs) as noted in the North American Plant Protection Organization 
(NAPPO) "Position Document on Asian gypsy moth (AGM) specified risk periods in  Japan, Russia, 
Republic of Korea and China". Those changes are based on the scientific and technical analysis 
conducted by the Asian gypsy moth (AGM) Expert Group of NAPPO, which includes members from 
the CFIA.  
North American Plant Protection Organization  Position Document: Asian gypsy moth (AGM) specified 
risk periods in Japan, Russia, Republic of Korea and China. 
https://www.nappo.org/appli cation/files/9116/3908/2771/20211209_AGM_PD07_Approved -
e.pdf  (English)  
La Organización Norteamericana de Protección a las Plantas documento de posición: Períodos de 
riesgo especificados para la palomilla gitana asiática (PGA) en Japón, Rusia, República de  Corea, y 
China. https://www.nappo.org/application/files/3716/3908/2771/20211209_AGM_PD07_Approved -
s.pdf  (Spanish)   
Revisions to the SRPs t o note are as follows:  
− Japan Western and Japan Eastern regions have been combined to form a single Japan Central 
SRP region.   
− Two of the prefectures in the previous Western region - Akita and Yamagata - have been moved 
to the Japan Northern SRP region.   
− The SRP start and end dates for some regions in Japan have been extended.  
− The SRP start and end dates have been extended in far -east Russia. The SRP's for China and 
the Republic of Korea are not changing at this time.  
Countries in which a marine shipping industry operates will be the most affected as any vessels 
destined to Canada that called on ports in Japan, far -east Russia, China and the Republic of Korea 
during the AGM specified risk period will need to comply with the revised SRPs. Requests for inspection 
and certification services in all AGM -regulated countries need to take into account changes to SRPs 
in Japan and far -east Russia.   
Changes to the SRPs will come into force on 15 May 2022.  
− For the first year of implementation (2022), a transition between the old and new SRPs will be 
in place. For example, a vessel that received its certificate while the old SRPs were in place 
(2021) would not be penalized if it had not returned to a regulated area in the year that the 
new SRPs came into force (2022).  G/SPS/N/CAN/1388/Add.1  
 
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The electronic version of the notified document can be found at the following Website:   
https://inspectio n.canada.ca/plant -health/invasive -species/directives/invasive -alien-species -and-
domestic -plant-health -p/d-95-03/eng/1321945111492/1321945247982  (English)   
https://inspection.canada.ca/protection -des-vegetaux/especes -envahissantes/directives/especes -
exotiques -envahissantes -et-programmes -phyt/d -95-03/fra/1321945111492/1 321945247982  
(French)   
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