. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CAN/356 
13 January 2012  
 (12-0179) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :   
Canadian Enquiry Point 
200-270 Albert Street Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1P 6N7 Tel.:  +(1) 613-238-3222 
Fax:  +(1) 613-569-7808 
E-mail:  enquirypoint@scc.ca  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [X], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Fresh Fruits and 
Vegetables (ICS: 67.080) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Canadian Food 
Inspection Agency User Fee Pr oposal: Destination Inspection Se rvice (11 pages in English; 
12 pages in French)     
6. Description of content:  This document sets out a user fee proposal for the Destination 
Inspection Service (DIS) program for quality-rel ated inspection of fresh-produce shipments, 
which has been previously notified in G/ TBT/N/CAN/300 and G/TB T/N/CAN/300/Add.1.   
These fees will be charged to dealers requesting a quality-relat ed inspection service for the 
purpose of settling commercial disputes, primar ily between sellers a nd purchasers of fresh-
produce shipments. 
Fees are being proposed for:  (i) the inspec tion of domestic fresh produce or fresh produce 
entering Canada from foreign jurisdictions; (ii) w itnessing of the destruction/disposal of fresh 
produce and issuance of a Notice of Dumping or  other Disposition; (iii) travel fee per 
inspection services visit; and (iv) cancellation of  inspection services request after an inspector 
has been dispatched.    G/TBT/N/CAN/356 
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  The DIS program provides inspection services that are of direct benefit to dealers and 
therefore the program will be fully cost recovere d.  This proposal pertains to year two of a 
three-year phase-in approach to fully cost recover the DIS program.   
The CFIA proposes to continue to commit to its current service standard of responding to 
80% of inspection requests within 8 working hours and 100% of inspection requests within 24 
working hours of receiving a request. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The 
CFIA's reviewing its service st andards and user fees in an effort to keep pace with 
technological advances, to rec ognize industry improvements in  quality control and risk 
management, and to provide fair and equita ble treatment across all industry sectors  
8. Relevant documents:   CFIA’s web site;  posted: 19 December 2011 (available in English 
and French) 
Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Administered and Enforced by the Canadian 
Food Inspection Agency , notified under G/TBT/N/CA N/300, G/TBT/N/CAN/300/Add.1 
(available in English and French):  
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/ 2011/2011-02-16/html/sor-dors11-eng.html  (English) 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/ 2011/2011-02-16/html/sor-dors11-fra.html  (French)  
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2011/2011-02-16/pdf/g2-14504.pdf  (SOR/2011-11)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    01 April 2012 
10. Final date for comments:  16 February 2012 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
The electronic version of the pr oposal can be downloaded at:   
http://inspection.gc.ca/engl ish/agen/manges/20111219inde.shtml   (English)     
http://inspection.gc.ca/franca is/agen/manges/20111219indf.shtml  (French)