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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.17 
22 November 2006 
 (06-5616) 
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 grow ing media (ICS: 65.020).  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
The European Communities, Norway, United States and Switzerland  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  D-01-01 (12th Revision):  
Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Entry of Phytophthora ramorum  into Canada 
(Available in English, 20 pages;  French, 23 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This notification serves to advise Members that the Canadian 
Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has revised  D-01-01 to update Appendix 4, CFIA 
Approved Pest Free Certification Programs for Phytophthora ramorum , and to standardize 
the wording for the Additional Declaration.  The programs added are, for Denmark, the 
certification of unrooted Ilex cuttings, and for the United Kingdom, the certification of 
rooted rose plants. 
(This notice supersedes  G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.16)  
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 Canada.   
Canada will continue to revise its import polic y and lists of regulated areas and regulated 
host plants as new information on the distribu tion and host range of this pathogen becomes 
available.  G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.17 
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  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:  None 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  11 October 2006 for the 
newly approved certification program s for Denmark and the United Kingdom.  
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:  [    ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plav eg/protect/dir/d-01-01e.shtml#3.1  (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/pl aveg/protect/dir/d-01-01f.shtml#3.1  (French)