. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.18 
31 August 2007  
 (07-3675) 
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 cut flowers, branches, wreaths, gr eenery, 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 p ages of the notified document:  D-01-01 (12th 
Revision):  Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Entry of Phytophthora ramorum  
into Canada (available in English,  20 pages and in 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 to update Appendix 4, CFIA Approved Pest Free Certification Programs for Phytophthora ramorum .  The program 
added is for Germany, the certification of rooted and unrooted plants. 
(This notice supersedes G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.17) 
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.18 
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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:   None   
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  8 June 2007 for the 
newly approved certification program for Germany. 
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)