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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/415/Add.1 
18 January 2011  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 14 January 2011, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of Canada
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Amendment to the Health of Animals Regulations
 
 The proposal notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/415 (dated 6 January 2010) was adopted on 
22 December 2010 and amends the Health of Animals Regulations  to add a section specific to aquatic 
animals and their diseases of concerns (Section XVI). 
 The regulations describe the control measures (mandatory reporting, import permits and 
domestic zonation) to prevent the introduction or spread  of notifiable diseases of aquatic animals and 
carcasses.  The regulation lists the diseases requiring mandatory notification to the competent authority, the aquatic animals susceptible to th e listed diseases which will require import permits, and 
the measures that will be applied to  the susceptible aquatic animals to prevent the spread of the listed 
diseases within Canada. 
 Amendments have been made based on comments received.  Added to the regulation is an 
exemption for aquatic animals for personal use, changes to the list of diseases and the associated 
aquatic animals susceptible to those diseases.  Las tly, the coming into force date for the requirement 
for import permits has been amended to 10 December 2011. 
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force 
[ ] Other:    
Comment period:  (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e comment period provided in the addendum may 
vary.)  G/SPS/N/CAN/415/Add.1 
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  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle commen ts:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
   
Text available from:  [ ] National Notification Au thority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, 
fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
The full text of the adopted measure can be downl oaded from the Internet addresses indicated below: 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p2/2010/2010-12-22/p df/g2-14426.pdf
 (SOR/2010-296) or 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/ 2010/2010-12-22/html/index-eng.html  (English) 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/ 2010/2010-12-22/html/index-fra.html  (French) 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p2/2011/2011-01-05/p df/g2-14501.pdf  (SOR/2010-310) or 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/ 2011/2011-01-05/html/index-eng.html  (English) 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/ 2011/2011-01-05/html/index-fra.html  (French) 
Additional information is available from the following websites, in English and French: 
Health of Animals Regulations 
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/C.R.C.-c.296  (English) 
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/fra/C.R.C.-ch.296/index.html  (French) 
Reportable Diseases Regulations 
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/SOR-91-2/index.html  (English) 
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/fra/DORS-91-2/index.html  (French) 
Information on Canada's National Aquatic Animal Health Program 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/eng lish/anima/aqua/aquae.shtml  (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/anima/aqua/aquaf.shtml  (French) 
or requested from: Canadian Enquiry Point 
Standards Council of Canada 
200-270 Albert Street Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6N7 Tel.:  +(613) 238 3222 
Fax:  +(613) 569 7808 
E-mail:  enquirypoint@scc.ca   
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