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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/519 
23 March 2011  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
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):  Root Crops:  HS Code 07-03 - Alliaceous  vegetables (garlic, onions, etc.);  
HS Code 07-06 - Other root crops (carrots, turnips, etc.);  HS Code 07-14-  Roots and 
tubers with a high starch or inulin content (man ioc, sweet potatoes, etc.);  Fresh herbs with 
roots (included within HS Codes:  07-09-90 - Other fresh vegetables), Fresh whole ginger root (included in HS Code 09-10-10:  Ginger) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  D-94-26:  Phytosanitary import requirements for root 
crops (3rd  revision)  Language(s):  English and French  Number of pages:  17 and 18 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/CAN/11_0855_00_e.pdf  
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/CAN/11_0855_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This directive outlines the phytosanitary requirements for root 
crops that are imported to Canada for consumption or processing.  These requirements are 
intended to mitigate the risk of introduci ng and disseminating soil-borne plant pests of 
quarantine concern to Canada.  Requirement s for plants and plant parts intended for 
planting, as well as for ginseng (Panax spp.) roots and potato (Solanum tuberosum) tubers 
for consumption, are not included in this directive.  
Under this revision of the directive, the following changes are being proposed:  
• Removal of the requirements related to soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera 
glycines); 
• Root crops imported with soil from states in the continental United States where 
none of the soil-borne pests regulated under the directive are known to occur may enter Canada accompanied by a Certificate of Origin, rather than a Phytosanitary 
Certificate; 
• Adding fresh herbs imported with roots to the scope of this directive; 
• Clarification of existing requirements; G/SPS/N/CAN/519 
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  • An update to the distributions of the soil-borne pests regulated under this directive 
and the phytosanitary requirements associated with each. 
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. 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)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] 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:  Not stated.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  15 June 2011 
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) :  15 June 2011 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  15 May 2011 
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:   
Élizabeth Powles 
Horticulture Division Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)  Rm. 2W-321, 59 Camelot Dr. Ottawa, Ontario  K1A 0Y9 
Canada 
Tel:  +(613) 773 7171  E-mail:  elizabeth.powles@inspection.gc.ca 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: