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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/274 
22 September 2006 
 (06-4528) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
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):  Plants, nursery stock, and other regulat ed commodities within Canada, exported 
from Canada, and imported into Canada from the continental United States (US) in 
association with soil (65.020)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Continental United States  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Directive D-96-15 
(5th Revision): Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Spread of Japanese Beetle, 
Popillia japonica in Canada and the United Stat es (Available in English, 43 pages; French, 
45 pages)  
6. Description of content:  D-96-15 (5th revision) contains the phytosanitary requirements for 
the movement of plants, nursery stock, a nd other regulated commodities within Canada, 
exported from Canada, and importe d into Canada from the continental United States (US) in 
association with soil, to preven t the spread of Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica .  Soil in 
association with plants from areas other than the continental US is prohibited entry into 
Canada. 
This directive has been revised to intr oduce new regulatory categories based upon the 
Japanese Beetle infestation status of areas within Canada and to harmonize the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) program with the program in place in the United States.  
7. Objective and rationale: [   ] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [ X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X ] protect territory from other damage from pests   
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] 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:  Not specified  G/SPS/N/CAN/274 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  21 July 2006  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 October 2006  
12. Final date for comments:  30 September 2006  
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 notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulator y text can be downloaded at:   
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg /protect/dir/d-96-15e.shtml (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/plaveg /protect/dir/d-96-15f.shtml (French)