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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.15 
31 August 2006 
 (06-4066) 
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 spec ies;  non-propagative material, 
including cut flowers, branches, wreaths, greenery, cuttings and prunings of regulated 
species;  soil and growing media (65.020).  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Norway, United States, the European Communities, and Switzerland  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  D-01-01 (11th 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 the Canadian 
Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has revised D-01-01, Appendix I (24 August 2006), to add the genus Nerium  to the list of regulated plants on the basis of a report that P. ramorum has 
been detected on this genus.  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) also revised D-
01-01, Appendix 1 (14 August 2006), to add  genera  Distylium, Manglietia, Parakmeria, Ilex, 
and Loropetalum  to the list of regulated plan ts on the basis of reports that P. ramorum  has 
been detected on these plants in Canada.  Ko ch's postulates have not been completed for 
these genera. 
(This notice supersedes  G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.14)  
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 lists of regulated areas and regulat ed host plants as new 
information on the distribution and host ra nge of this pathogen becomes available.  G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.15 
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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:  USDA’s (USA) list 
of regulated hosts and plants associated with Phytophthora ramorum. 
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/ispm/p ramorum/pdf_files/usdaprlist.pdf  (Available in 
English) 
Laboratory reports from the Canadian Food Inspec tion Agency indicating natural infection of 
P. ramorum  on Distylium myricoides, Manglietia insignis, Parakmeria lotungensis, Ilex 
purpurea, and Loropetalum chinensis .  These will be made availa ble to countries that request 
copies (Available in English).  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  24 August 2006 for the 
newly regulated genus Nerium , and 14 August 2006 for genera Distylium, Manglietia, 
Parakmeria, Ilex and Loropetalum  
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)