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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.10
31 October 2005 
 (05-5031) 
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 propagativ e plant parts that are hosts of the 
pathogen Phytophthora ramorum .  Propagative material, including nursery stock, of 
regulated species; wood products with bark of regulated specie s; non-propagative material, 
including cut flowers, branches, wreaths, greenery, cuttings and prunings of regulated 
species; soil and growing media.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Switzerland, United States, and the European Union  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  D-01-01 (11th Revision): 
Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Entry of Phytophthora ramorum (available in 
English, 20 pages; French, 23 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notification serves to advise Members that the Canadian 
Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has revised D-01-01, Appendix 1, to add genera to the list of regulated plants on the basis of reports that P. ramorum has been detected on Michelia, 
Osmorhiza,  Torreya and Vancouveria. 
 
(This notice supersedes  G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.9.)  
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 reasons 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 list 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.10 
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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:  California Oak 
Mortality Task Force (COMTF), 2005.  Ca lifornia Oak Mortality Task Force Report, 
January 2005.  http://nature.berkeley.edu/comtf/pdf/Month ly%20Reports/COMTF%20Report%20January%2
02005.pdf  (available in English) 
 DEFRA (U.K.)'s host list for Phytophthora ramorum  
http://www.defra.gov.uk/plant h/newsitems/suscept.pdf
 (available in English) 
 U.S. Department of Agriculture List of Associated Host Plants and Recent Modifications to U.S. Department of Agriculture Phytophthora ramorum  Regulations  
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/ispm/pramorum/
 (available in English)  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  26 October 2005  
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:  [  X ] National notification authority, [    ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
The electronic version of the Di rective can be downloaded at: 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/ plaveg/protect/dir/d-01-01e.shtml  (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais /plaveg/protect/ dir/d-01-01f.shtml  (French)