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G/SPS/N/CAN/460/Add.1 
9 May 2012  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 2 May 2012, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Canada. 
 
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Phytosanitary requirements to certify all imported grain free from Eriochloa villosa (woolly cup 
grass) 
 
 As notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/460, dated 27 July 2010, Canada will regulate Eriochloa villosa  
(woolly cup grass) as a quarantine pest.  As such , the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is 
proposing that all imports of grain into Cana da will be required to be certified free from Eriochloa 
villosa (woolly cup grass) in additi on to any existing phytosanitary requirements for those 
commodities.  All shipments will require proof of absence of Eriochloa villosa , such as a 
phytosanitary certificate with add itional declarations or another method of verifying freedom from 
contaminants that is approved in writing by the CFIA. 
 
 The proposed date of adoption for this requirement is 30 July 2012.  The phytosanitary requirements put in place to regulate Eriochloa villosa  (woolly cup grass) will be incorporated within 
the draft Directive D-12-01 Phytosanitary requirements to prevent the introduction of plants 
regulated as pests in Canada , as well as other directives where appropriate. 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/CAN/12_1695_00_e.pdf  
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/CAN/12_1695_00_f.pdf   
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[X] 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/460/Add.1 
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  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :   
Agency or authority designated to handle commen ts:  [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] 
National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
 Wendy Asbil  
 National Manager, Invasive Alien Species and Domestic Control Section 
 59 Camelot Drive  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0Y9  E-mail:  Wendy.Asb il@inspection.gc.ca 
Text available from:  [X] National Notification Au thority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, 
fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
 Canadian Enquiry Point 
 Standards Council of Canada  200-270 Albert Street  Ottawa, Ontario 
 K1P 6N7 
 Tel.:  (+1) 613 238-3222  Fax:  (+1) 613 569-7808  E-mail:  enquirypoint@scc.ca 
 
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