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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/293 
8 August 2007  
 (07-3354) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
 
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 and plant parts that are hosts of E. postvittana (light brown apple 
moth). Controlled materials include propa gative material, including greenhouse and 
nursery stock of host species; non-propagative mate rial, including cut flowers, hay, straw, 
fodder, plant litter, branches, wreaths, greenery,  cuttings and prunings of host plant species. 
(ICS: 65.020) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  The 
Continental United States and the State of Ha waii, New Zealand, Australia and the United 
Kingdom including Northern Ireland  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  D-07-03: Phytosanitary 
Requirements to Prevent the Entry of Epiphyas postvittana (available in English, 14 pages;  
and French, 16 pages)  
6. Description of content:  This notification serves to advise Members that Canada has 
implemented a policy regulating the entry of plan t species that are hosts of the light brown 
apple moth from areas in which the light brow n apple moth is known to occur. The areas 
included in the current regulation are the con tinental United States, the state of Hawaii, 
New Zealand, Australia and the United Ki ngdom including Northern Ireland. The 
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) h as developed policy directive D-07-03, which 
contains the phytosanitary requirements  for the importation of propagative and non-
propagative host materials of E. postvittana fro m areas where the pest is known to occur. 
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 reason for urgent action:  To prevent the entry of 
the light brown apple moth into Canada. The li ght brown apple moth is a serious pest of 
many different genera of plants and is a qua rantine pest to Canada.  The United States 
Department of Agriculture has recently reported several findings of the light brown apple 
moth in the state of California. It is consid ered to be established in Hawaii, New Zealand, 
Australia, New Caledonia and The United Kingdom including Ireland.  G/SPS/N/CAN/293 
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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:    
Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 2007. D-07-03 Plant Protection (Phytosanitary) Import 
Requirements to Prevent the Entry of Epiphyas postvittana ( Walker ) (light brown apple 
moth ) June 25, 2007   
Garland, J.A; Damus, M.; Dumouchel, L. Plant Health Risk Assessment: Epiphyas 
Postvittana (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) . May 21, 2007 
North American Plant Protection Organization (NAPPO), 2007.  Phytosanitary Alert 
System, Official Pest Report, March 2007 
http://www.pestalert.org/oprDetail.cfm?oprID=260  (available in English) 
United States Department of Agriculture (U SDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service (APHIS), 2007. Mini Pest Risk Ass essment – Light brown apple moth, Epiphyas 
postvittana, September 2003 
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/plant_p est_info/pest_detection/downloads/pra/epo
stvittanapra.pdf   (available in English) 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  25 June 2007 
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 regulatory text can be downloaded at:   
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/pl aveg/protect/dir/d-07-03e.shtml (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/ plaveg/protect/dir/d-07-03f.shtml  (French)