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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/158/Rev.3 
8 April 2010  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision
 
 
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  De-barked lumber of tropical and non-tropical species (ICS Code:  79.040) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners  All countries other than the continental United States of 
America  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Directive D-02-12, 2009 (5th Revision):  Import 
requirements for non-processed wood and othe r non-propagative wood products, except 
solid wood packaging material, from all areas ot her than the continental United States 
Language:  English and French  Number of pages:  28 and 32, respectively   
6. Description of content:  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has revised 
D-02-12, to clarify that the treatment requirements for de-barked lumber of non-tropical 
species must be clearly indicated in the treatme nt section of the phytosanitary certificate.  
The phytosanitary requirements for export of de-barked lumber of non-tropical species 
have not changed.  In the case of heat treatme nt, the Phytosanitary Certificate must state in 
the treatment box or as an additional declarati on that:  "Each piece of wood has attained a 
minimum temperature of 56ºC throughout the profile of the wood (including at its core) for a minimum of 30 minutes".  In the case of fumigation the treatment must meet the 
requirements outlined in Appendix 1 of D-02-12;  the treatment must be verified by the 
NPPO of the exporting country.  Referencing a Fumigation Certificate in lieu of providing 
treatment details on the Phytosanitary Certificate will not be accepted. 
(This notice supersedes G/SPS/N/CAN/158/Rev.2.) 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [X] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/CAN/158/Rev.3 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  ISPM N°15  
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   
The electronic version of Appendix 2:  List of tropical and non-tropical tree species can be 
downloaded at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/ plaveg/protect/dir/tropicale.shtml
 (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/ plaveg/protect/dir/tropicalf.shtml  (French)   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Currently in force 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :    
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Currently in force 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Comments received by 28 May 2010 will be taken into consideration 
in the next revision. 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
The electronic version of the Directive can be downloaded at:  
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/pl aveg/protect/dir/d-02-12e.shtml  (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/ plaveg/protect/dir/d-02-12f.shtml  (French) 
 The electronic version of Appendix 1 can be downloaded at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/pl aveg/protect/dir/d-02-12e.shtml#f1
 (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/pl aveg/protect/dir/d-02-12f.shtml#f1  (French) 
 The electronic version of the Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) can be downloaded at: http://inspection.gc.ca/english/imp/airse.shtml#
 (English) 
http://inspection.gc.ca/francais/imp/airsf.shtml  (French)