WORLD TRADE  
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G/SPS/N/CAN/609 
29 May 2012  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  The following commodities which are re cognized to present a risk of 
introducing Trogoderma granarium  (Khapra beetle):  
 dried and shelled leguminous ve getables (HS Code: 0713);  
 cereals (HS Codes: 1001-1008);  
 oilseeds (HS Codes: 1201, 1202, 1204, 1205, 1206, 1207);  
 and seeds of a kind used for sowing (HS Codes: 1209.10-29)  
Note:  Trogoderma granarium  (Khapra beetle) is on the List of Pests Regulated by Canada 
published under the authority of section 29 (2) (a) of the Plant Protection Regulations .  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  New Canadian phytosanitary requirements for imports of: 
dried and shelled leguminous ve getables, cereals; oilseeds; and seeds of a kind used for 
sowing; to prevent the introduction of khapra beetle ( Trogoderma granarium  Everts) 
Language(s):  English and French  Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  Trogoderma granarium  (Khapra beetle) is a damaging and 
invasive insect pest that has been a regulated  quarantine pest in Canada since 1968.  The 
CFIA conducted a Pest Risk Assessment of T. granarium , which determined that it poses a 
serious threat to Canada's agriculture sector. In recent years, T. granarium  has been 
intercepted with increasing frequency from imported commodities.  
Canada is proposing that imports of whole seed and grain of the commodities listed in 
Box 3 above require phytosanitary  certification with additional declarations stating freedom 
from T. granarium  by all trading partners to mitigate the risk of entry of this quarantine 
pest to Canada.  
New directives on pulses, forage seeds and oil seeds will be drafted and revisions will be 
made to existing applicable directives, where appropriate, to reflect these new phytosanitary requirements. G/SPS/N/CAN/609 
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  These proposed requirements are in addition to  existing requirements for the above listed 
commodities.  Canada's phytosanitary impor t requirements are available on the CFIA's 
Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) da tabase available through the CFIA website. 
The AIRS database will be updated once these ne w phytosanitary requirements have been 
implemented.  
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. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)   
 ISPMs n° 1, 2, 11 and 20  
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   
List of Regulated Pest by Canada/Liste des parasites réglementés par le Canada 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/ plaveg/protect/listpespare.shtml  (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/ plaveg/protect/listpesparf.shtml  (French) 
Automated Import Reference System - Système automatisé de référence à l'importation 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/imp/airse.shtml  (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/imp/airsf.shtml  (French) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  1 August 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  1 August 2012 
CFIA import policy directives related to the seed and grain pathway will be created or 
revised to reflect these new phytosanitary requi rements after the close of the notification 
period.   
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  30 August 2012 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure    G/SPS/N/CAN/609 
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  12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  10 July 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Kanwal Kochhar, National Manager, Grains and Oilseeds Section, PHBD 
59 Camelot Drive 
Ottawa (Ontario) Canada.  K1A 0Y9 Tel.:  +(613) 773 7118  E-mail:  Ka nwal.Kochhar@inspection.gc.ca  
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
The text can be downloaded from:  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/CAN/12_2035_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/CAN/12_2035_00_f.pdf