G/SPS/N/CAN/1133  
 
13 September 2017  
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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; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): List of quarantine plant pests  
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: List of pests regulated by Canada . Language(s): 
English and French.  Number of pages: 1 
6. Description of content: Amendment of quarantine pest list:  
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency will amend the quarantine pest list which is based 
on the result of several pest risk analyses (PRA) and under the authority of the Plant 
Protection Act . The Canadian Food Inspection Agency notif ies to add 27 quarantine pest 
species as follows:  
# Scientific name  Group  
1 Anthonomus bisignifer (Schenkling)  Coleoptera  
2 Aphanostigma iaksuiense (Kishida)  Hemiptera  
3 Aphanostigma piri (Cholodkovsky)  Hemiptera  
4 Archips breviplicanus (Walsingham)  Lepidoptera  
5 Archips semistructa (Meyrick)  Lepidoptera  
6 Arge berberidis  Schrank  Hymenoptera  
7 Aromia bungii  (Faldermann)  Coleoptera  
8 Cacopsylla chinensis (Yang & Li)  Hemiptera  
9 Cacopsylla liaoli (Yang & Li)  Hemiptera  
10 Candidatus  Phytoplasma rubi  Phytoplasma  
11 Chrysanthemum stem necrosis tospovirus  RNA viruses  
12 Dendroctonus micans  (Kugelann)  Coleoptera  
13 Euzophera bigella  (Zeller)  Lepidoptera  
14 Euzophera pyriella (Yang)  Lepidoptera  
15 Grapholita dimorpha Komai  Lepidoptera  
16 Grapholita lobarze wskii (Nowicki)  Lepidoptera  
17 Hylesinus oleiperda  (F.) Coleoptera  
18 Lycorma delicatula  (White)  Hemiptera  
19 Mamestra brassicae (Linnaeus)  Lepidoptera  
20 Monilia yunnanensis ( M.J. Hu & C.X. Luo)  Fungi  
21 Nippoptilia vitis (Sasaki)  Lepidoptera  
22 Nysius ericae  (Schilling)  Hemiptera  
23 Oemona hirta  (Fabricius)  Coleoptera  G/SPS/N/CAN/1133  
 
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  24 Phloeotribus scarabaeoides  Bern.  Coleoptera  
25 Phytomyza gymnostoma  Loew Diptera  
26 Polygraphus proximus Blandford  Coleoptera  
27 Spilonota albicana  (Motschulsky)  Lepidoptera  
In addition, the existing entry  "Phytophthora spp." is being modified to exclude domestic 
Phytophthora species and Phytophthora species known to not be of quarantine concern to 
Canada.  
Phytophthora spp. except:  
1) Phytophthora brassicae  
2) Phytophthora cactorum  
3) Phytophthora cambivora  
4) Phytophthora capsici  
5) Phytophthora cinnamomi  
6) Phytophthora citricola  
7) Phytophthora cryptogea  
8) Phytophthora drechsleri  
9) Phytophthora erythroseptica  
10) Phytophthora fragariae  
11) Phytophthora ilicis  
12) Phytophthora infestans  
13) Phytophthora lateralis  
14) Phytophthora medicaginis  
15) Phytophthora nicotianae  
16) Phytophthora pini  
17) Phytophthora plurivora  
18) Phytophthora rubi  
19) Phytophthora sojae  
20) Phytophthora syringae  
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [  ] animal health, [X]  plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard? 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) : 
International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) No s. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 
11, 17 and 19  
[ ] 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:  
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/plants/plant -pests -invasive -species/pests/regulated -
pests/eng/1363317115207/1363317187811  (English)  
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/vegetaux/phytoravageurs -especes -
envahissantes/phytoravageurs/parasites -
reglementes/fra/1363317115207/1363317187811  (French)   G/SPS/N/CAN/1133  
 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 December 2017  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 1 December 2017  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 1 June 2018  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 11 November 2017  
Agency or authority designated to handle 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:  
CFIA-WTO_ACIA -OMC@inspection.gc.ca  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Canada's SPS and TBT Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario  
K1A 0G2  
Tel: +(343) 203 4273  
Fax: +(613) 943 0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca