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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.20 
27 March 2008 
 (08-1357) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
Revision
 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:   Canadian Food Inspection Agency 
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):  All plants for planting and non propagative plant parts that are hosts of the 
pathogen Phytophthora ramorum .  Propagative material, including nursery stock, of 
regulated species; wood products with bark of  regulated species; non-propagative material, 
including branches, wreaths, greenery, cuttings  and prunings of regulated species; soil and 
growing media (ICS:  65.020) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  
The European Communities, Norway , Switzerland and United States  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  D-01-01 
(15th Revision):  Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Entry of Phytophthora 
ramorum  into Canada (available in English, 20 pages;  French, 22 pages)  
6. Description of content:  This notification serves to advise Members that the Canadian 
Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has revised D-01-01 (7 March 2008) to clarify the phytosanitary import requirements for plants from the United States and from areas other than the Continental United States under the Canadian Growing Media Program.  Also, Appendix 1 has been revised ( 10 March 2008) to add the genus Cercis  to the list of 
regulated plants on the basis of a report that P. ramorum , has been detected on this genus in 
Canada.  Koch's postulates have not  been completed for this genus. 
(This notice supersedes G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.19) 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other damage from pests    
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  To prevent the entry of 
P. ramorum  into Canada.  P. ramorum  is a serious fungal disease of many different genera 
of plants and is a quarantine pest to Canada. 
Canada will continue to revise its lists of re gulated areas and regulated host plants as new 
information on the distribution and host range  of this pathogen becomes available. G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.20 
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  9. 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:    
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Laboratory report 
from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on the detection of P. ramorum on Cercis 
chinensis .  This will be made available to countries that request copies (available in 
English). 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  7 March 2008 
12. 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 notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plav eg/protect/dir/d-01-01e.shtml#3.1   (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/pl aveg/protect/dir/d-01-01f.shtml#3.1   (French)