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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.8 
23 May 2005 
 (05-2066) 
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 specie s; 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:  
Switzerland, United States, and the European Union  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  D-01-01 (10th 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  Canada has added Switzerland to the list of 
areas regulated for P. ramorum  (Sudden Oak Death).  The Canadian Food Inspection 
Agency (CFIA) has revised D-01-01 to reflect the change (Appendix 2).  This directive 
contains the phytosanitary requirements fo r the importation of propagative and non-
propagative host materials of  P. ramorum . 
 
The CFIA has also added the genera Photinia, Fraxinus, Grise linia, Magnolia, Nothofagus, 
and Parrotia  to the list of regulated plan ts on the basis of reports that P. ramorum  has been 
detected on these plants.  Koch's postulates have been completed for Parrotia  and Photinia .  
Fraxinus, Griselinia, Magnolia, Nothofagus  are being added based on plants being found 
naturally infected with P. ramorum in the United Kingdom.  The CFIA has also added 
Toxicodendron  to the list of regulated specie s as this genus is a synonym for Rhus  (already on 
the list of regulated plants). 
 
(This notice supersedes  G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.7.)  G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.8 
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 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 Cana da.  The Federal Office for Agriculture in 
Switzerland has recently reported that P. ramorum has been identified in Viburnum 
bodnantense in a forest nursery.   
Canada will continue to revise its list of re gulated areas and regulated host plants as new 
information on the distribution and host ra nge of this pathogen becomes available.  
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:  California Oak 
Mortality Task Force (COMTF), 2005.  California Oak Mortality  Task Force Report, January 
2005.  http://nature.berkeley.edu/comtf/pdf/Monthly%20Reports/COMTF%20Report%20January%2
02005.pdf  (available in English) 
 
DEFRA (U.K.)’s host list for Phytophthora ramorum  
http://www.defra.gov.uk/plant h/newsitems/suscept.pdf  (available in English) 
 
U.S. Department of Agriculture List of Associated Host Plants and Recent Modifications to 
U.S. Department of Agriculture Phytophthora ramorum  Regulations  
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/ispm/pramorum/  (available in English) 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):   
4 April 2005 for the addition of Switzer land to the list of areas regulated for P. ramorum . 
29 April 2005 for the addition of new genera to the list of plants regulated for P. ramorum . 
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:  [  X ] National notification authority, [   ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
The electronic version of the Di rective can be downloaded at: 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/ plaveg/protect/dir/d-01-01e.shtml  (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais /plaveg/protect/ dir/d-01-01f.shtml  (French)