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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.11
9 February 2006 
 (06-0565) 
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 propagativ e 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 cut flowers, branches, wreaths, greenery, cuttings and prunings of regulated 
species; soil and growing media.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
United States, the European Union, and Switzerland.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  D-01-01 (11th Revision): 
Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Entry of Phytophthora ramorum  Associated 
with Sudden Oak Death into Cana da (available in English, 20 pages;  French, 23 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notification serves to advise Members that the Canadian 
Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has revised D-01-01, Appendix 1 (18 January 2006), to add genera  Ardisia, Euonymous, Gaultheria, Prunus, and Osmanthus,  to the list of regulated 
plants on the basis of reports that P. ramorum  has been detected on these plants in Canada.  
Koch's postulates have not been completed for these genera. 
(This notice supersedes  G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.10.)  
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 reasons 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 regulated areas and regulat ed host plants as new 
information on the distribution and host ra nge of this pathogen becomes available. G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.11 
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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:  Laboratory reports 
from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (Ava ilable in English).  These will be made 
available to Members that request copies.  
11. Date of entry into force/period of  application (as applicable):  18 January 2006 for the 
newly regulated genera.  
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 notification 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)