. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/300 
26 February 2010  
 (10-1105) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  CANADA
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Canadian Food Inspection Agency 
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 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], 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 langu age(s) of the notified document:  Proposed Amendments 
to Certain Regulations Admini stered and Enforced  by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency 
(17 pages, available in English and French).      
6. Description of content:  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency  is proposing to revise certain 
elements of the Licensing a nd Arbitration Regulations (LAR ) and the Fresh Fruits and 
Vegetables Regulations (FFVR).   
The proposed amendments to the LAR and FFVR would remove the requ irements associated 
with a destination inspection to allow for LAR licensees to select a third party commercial 
quality inspection service provider.  
Destination inspections performed under these regulations are for quality purposes only and 
are used solely by the commercial fresh fruit a nd vegetable industry as a method of alternative 
dispute resolution and to maintain fair  competition in the marketplace.  G/TBT/N/CAN/300 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
These amendments allow the CFIA to main tain regulatory oversi ght over destination 
inspection in the LAR and allow the CFIA to make improvements to pe rformance in delivery 
capacity as it relates to destination inspec tion services (DIS). A credible DIS system 
contributes to mitigating the ec onomic risks asso ciated with shipping perishable products over 
long distances from domestic and foreign markets.  
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 6 Febr uary 2010, Pages 186-197 (Available in 
English and French)    
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Summer 2010 
Fall 2010 
10. Final date for comments:  22 April 2010 
11. Text available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   The electronic version of the 
regulatory text can be downloaded at::  
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2010/2010-02-06/pdf/g1-14406.pdf  (Canada Gazette) 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2010/2010-02-06/html/reg1-eng.html#k114  (English) 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2010/2010-02-06/html/reg1-fra.html  (French)