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G/SPS/N/CAN/515/Add.3 
9 December 2011  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 22 November 2011, is being circulated at the 
request of the Delegation of Canada. 
 
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D-11-01:  Phytosanitary Requirements for Plants fo r Planting and Fresh Branches to Prevent the Entry 
and Spread of Anoplophora  spp. 
 This communication serves to inform Memb ers that the proposed measures notified in 
G/SPS/N/CAN/515, G/SPS/N/CAN/515/Add.1 and G/SPS/N/CAN/515/Add.2 (7 February 2011, 25 March 2011 and 7 June 2011) we re adopted on 21 November 2011 and will enter into force on 
22 December 2011. 
 Amendments have been made based on comment s received.  The title of the policy directive 
has been amended to exclude the designa tion of 'decorative' for fresh branches.  
 In addition to the previously notified require ments, phytosanitary certificates accompanying 
exempt commodities and phytosanitary certificates accompanying regulated commodities originating 
from countries other than the Continental US where Anoplophora  spp. are present will have to include 
the following additional declaration: 
"The plant material in this consignment meet the CFIA phytosanitary requirements as 
described in policy directive D-11-01 to  prevent the entry and spread of Anoplophora  spp." 
 Furthermore, phytosanitary certificates accompanying regulated commodities originating 
from countries where Anoplophora  spp. are known not to occur will have to include the following 
additional declaration: 
"The plant material in this consignment was solely grown in Name of exporting country  and 
Anoplophora chinensis  and A. glabripennis  are known not to occur in Name of exporting 
country ." 
 The lists of hosts and countries where Anoplophora  spp. are present have been amended to 
reflect comments that were submitted by trading partners. 
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation G/SPS/N/CAN/515/Add.3 
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  [ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force 
[ ] Other:    
Comment period:  (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e comment period provided in the addendum may 
vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax num ber and e-mail address (if available) of other 
body: 
   
Text available from:  [ ] National Notification Au thority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, 
fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
The text can be downloaded from: 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/pl aveg/protect/dir/d-11-01e.shtml  (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/ plaveg/protect/dir/d-11-01f.shtml  (French) 
 
or requested from: Canadian Enquiry Point 
Standards Council of Canada 
200-270 Albert Street Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6N7 Tel:  +(613) 238 3222 
Fax:  +(613) 569 7808 
E-mail:  enquirypoint@scc.ca   
 
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