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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.6 
20 December 2004 
 (04-5570) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
Revision
 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  CANADA  
If applicable, name of loca l government involved:        
2. Agency responsible:  Canadian Food Inspection Agency  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item nu mber(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Propagative material, including nursery stock, of regulated species;  wood 
products with bark of regulated species;  non-propagative material, including cut flowers, 
branches, wreaths, greenery, cuttings and prun ings of regulated species; soil and growing 
media.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  United 
States and the European Union  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  D-01-01 (9th Revision):  
Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Entry of Phytophthora ramorum  Associated 
with Sudden Oak Death into Canada (available in English, 15 pages;  French, 17 pages).  
6. Description of content:   
This directive contains the phytosanitary requ irements for the import ation of propagative 
and non-propagative host materials, of Phytophthora ramorum  (Sudden Oak Death), a 
serious plant pathogen that affects a broad range of plants. 
Canada has added a genus to the list of plants regulated for P. ramorum, based on detections 
of the fungus.  The new genus that is regulated for P. ramorum  is:  Maianthemum 
racemosum  (false Solomon's seal) (formerly known as Smilacina racemosa  (L.) Desf.).  
(This notice supercedes G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.5)  
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [  X ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/p lant pest or disease,  [    ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests       
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reasons for urgent action:  P. ramorum  is a 
quarantine pest to Canada.  Canada will continue to revise its list of regulated host plants as 
new information on the host range of this pathogen becomes available.  G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.6 
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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:  First Report of Foliar 
Infection of Maianthemum racemosum by Phytopht hora ramorum. D. Hüberli, K. L. Ivors, 
A. Smith, J. G. Tse, and M. Garbelotto. Department of ESPM-ES, 151 Hilgard Hall, 
University of California, Berkeley, CA  94720.  Plant Disease.  In press. (available in 
English)  
11. Date of entry into force/period of  application (as applicable):  2 December 2004 for 
newly regulated genera  
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e 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/plaveg/protect/dir/d-01-01f.shtml#3.1  (French)