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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.19
5 February 2008  
 (08-0537) 
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 propagative plant parts that are hosts of the 
pathogen Phytophthora ramorum .  Propagative material, including nursery stock, of 
regulated species; wood products with bark of  regulated species; non-propagative material, 
including branches, wreaths, greenery, cuttings  and prunings of regulated species; soil and 
growing media (ICS: 65.020) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  
Norway, Switzerland, United States, and the European Communities  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  D-01-01 
(14th Revision):  Phytosanitary Requi rements to Prevent the Entry of Phytophthora 
ramorum  into Canada (available in Englis h, 21 pages and in French, 23 pages)  
6. Description of content:  This notification serves to advise Members that the Canadian 
Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has made the following revisions to D-01-01:  to restrict the regulation of non-manufactured wood products with bark to Acer, Aesculus, Fagus, 
Lithocarpus, and Quercus ; to remove the requirements associated with the movement of 
cut and dried flowers; and to add clarifica tion regarding the need for a permit to import 
plants under the Canadian Growing Media Program. 
(This notice supersedes G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.18) 
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 
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 lists 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.19 
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  9. 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:   
ISPM No. 04 (1995), Requirements for the establishment of Pest Free Areas 
ISPM No. 10 (1999), Requirements for the establishment of pest free places of production 
and pest free production sites 
ISPM No. 14 (2002), The use of integrated me asures in a systems appr oach for pest risk 
management 
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   None 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  9 January 2008 
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: [   ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plav eg/protect/dir/d-01-01e.shtml#3.1   (English)  
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/pl aveg/protect/dir/d-01-01f.shtml#3.1   (French)