WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/460 
27 July 2010  
 (10-4021) 
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):  Any commodities found to be infested with Eriochloa villosa  may be subject 
to phytosanitary actions.  The following co mmodities are recognized to present risk of 
introducing seeds of Eriochloa villosa  (woolly cup grass):  grain and seeds (propagative 
and non-propagative) of wheat and triticale (H S Code:  1001), rye (HS Code:  1002), barley 
(HS Code:  1003), oat (HS Code:  1004), corn (HS Code:  1005) and soybean (HS Code:  1201.00).  (ICS Code:  65.020) 
Note:  seed (for propagation) has been regulated for the presence of Eriochloa villosa since 
2005 under the Weed Seeds Order of the  Seeds Act . 
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:  Pest Risk Management Document for Eriochloa villosa  
(Woolly Cup Grass)  Language:  English and French  Number of pages:  20 and 21, 
respectively   
6. Description of content:  The CFIA has prepared a Pest Risk Management document for 
Erichloa villosa , which is an invasive plant pest.  Eriochloa villosa  has recently been 
introduced to Canada, where it is known to occu r only in five confined sites monitored by 
CFIA.  Eradication in these sites is feasible and cost-effective.  The Risk Management 
Document outlines options for mitigating the ri sk of reintroducing and further spreading 
Eriochloa villosa  in Canada, and recommends to regulate Eriochloa villosa  as a quarantine 
pest under the Plant Protection Act . 
The CFIA is maintaining the measures notified in G/SPS/N/CAN/239, in which Eriochloa 
villosa  is listed as a Class 1 Prohibited Noxious Weed under the  Weeds Seeds Order .  As 
such, imported and domestic seed has been regulated for the presence of Eriochloa villosa  
since 2005. 
In addition to the measures already in place, the CFIA is proposing to regulate Eriochloa 
villosa  as a quarantine pest under the Plant Protection Act  and to add Eriochloa villosa  to 
the "List of Pests Regulated by Canada".  CFIA would then have authority to require 
preventive conditions for the import in Ca nada of host commodity material.  G/SPS/N/CAN/460 
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  As well, Eriochloa villosa  will be added to the list of regulated pests in the following 
existing directives, thereby requiring any phytosanitary measures laid out in them to be met: 
• Directive 99-01 - Barley, Oats, Rye, Triticale and Wheat - Phytosanitary Requirements 
on Import, Transshipped, In-Tra nsit and Domestic Movement; 
• Directive 95-28 - Plant Protection Import and Domestic Movement Requirements for 
Corn, Zea Mays ;  and 
• Directive 94-17 - Plant Protection Phytosanitary Import Requirements for Soybean 
Seed. 
New directives may be developed to address the presence of Eriochloa villosa  and other 
pests in imported millet, sorghum grain, birdfeed and other grain. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [X] 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)    
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  ISPM N° 1, 2, 
11 and 20  
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] 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:   
Weeds Seeds Order 2005/ Arrêté sur les graines de mauvaises herbes de 2005  
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/S-8/SOR-2005-220  (English) 
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/fra/DORS-2005-220/index.html  (French) 
 List of Regulated Pest by Canada/ Liste des parasites réglementés par le Canada  
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/ plaveg/protect/listpespare.shtml
 (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/ plaveg/protect/listpesparf.shtml  (French) 
 
Directive 99-01 - Barley, Oats, Rye, Tritical e and Wheat - Phytosanitary Requirements on 
Import, Transshipped, In-Tra nsit and Domestic Movement 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/pl aveg/protect/dir/d-99-01e.shtml  (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/ plaveg/protect/dir/d-99-01f.shtml  (French) 
 
Directive 95-28 - Plant Protection Import and Domestic Movement Requirements for Corn, 
Zea Mays  
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/pl aveg/protect/dir/d-95-28e.shtml  (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/ plaveg/protect/dir/d-95-28f.shtml  (French) 
  G/SPS/N/CAN/460 
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  Directive 94-17 - Plant Protection Phytosanitary Import Requirements for Soybean Seed 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/pl aveg/protect/dir/d-94-17e.shtml  (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/ plaveg/protect/dir/d-94-17f.shtml  (French) 
 Automated Import Reference System - Système automatisé de référence à l'importation  
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/imp/airse.shtml
 (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/imp/airsf.shtml  (French)   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  1 October 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :   
Risk Management Document – 18 September 2009 
Amended Directives – after close of notification period. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  1 October 2010 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  17 September 2010 
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:   
Myriam Lafrenière-Landry 
Program Development Officer - Invasive Plants 
59 Camelot Drive 
Ottawa (Ontario) Canada.  K1A 0Y9 Tel.:  +(613) 221 4358 E-mail:  Myriam.Lafreniere-Landry@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:    
The electronic version of the Risk Mana gement Document can be downloaded at:  
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/pl aveg/protect/rmd/rmd-08-02e.shtml  (English) 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/plaveg/protect/rmd/rmd-08-02f.shtml  (French)