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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/158/Rev.1 
22 November 2005 
 (05-5507) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision
 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  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):  Tropical lumber  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Policy Directive D-02-
12, 2005 (3rd Revision): Import requirements of non-manufactured wood and other non-
propagative wood products, except solid wood pack aging material, from all areas other than 
the continental United States (Available in  English, 31 pages; French, 33 pages)  
6. Description of content:   
This notification serves to advise Members th at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency 
(CFIA) has revised D-02-12, Sections 2.9.1, 2.9.2 and Appendix 4.  
Effective immediately (24 October 2005), a Ca nadian permit to import is no longer required 
for the import of tropical lumber into Canada.  In order to qualify as a tropical species, the species of lumber being imported must be identified on the CFIA Tropical Lumber Species List (refer to Appendix 2 of D-02-12).  This  list will be regularly  updated through an 
ongoing Pest Risk Assessment.  The lumber  of these tropical species is exempt from 
treatment requirements.  A valid phytosanita ry certificate and/or a valid phytosanitary 
certificate for re-export, according to Secti on 2.9 of the CFIA policy directive D-02-12 
is/are still required for tropical lumber. 
(This notice supersedes G/SPS/N/CAN/158.)  
7. Objective and rationale: [   ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X ] protect territory from 
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 8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  N/A 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  24 October 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  24 October 2005 
12. Final date for comments:   
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National noti fication authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
The electronic version of the Directive can be downloaded at: 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/pl aveg/protect/dir/d-02-12e.shtml  (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/p laveg/protect/dir/d-02-12f.shtml  (French)