CELEX: 51998PC0293
Language: en
Date: 1998-05-06
Title: Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the Government of Canada and the European Community on sanitary measures to protect public and animal health in respect of trade in live animals and animal products

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                                        Brussels, 06.05.1998
                                                                        COM(1998) 293 final
                                                                        98/0168 (ACC)
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 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                          EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (the
SPS Agreement) provides, in Article 4, that Members shall accept the sanitary
measures of other Members as equivalent, even if those measures differ from their
own, if the exporting Member objectively demonstrates to the importing Member that
its measures achieve the importing Member's appropriate level of sanitary protection.
This Article also requires Members, upon request, to enter into consultations with the
aim of achieving bilateral and multilateral agreements on recognition of the
equivalence of sanitary measures.
On 20 February 1995, the Council agreed a mandate authorizing the Commission to
conduct negotiations with a view to the conclusion of agreements between the
Community and third countries on sanitary and phytosanitary measures, on the basis
of negotiating directives annexed to its decision.
Following this mandate, the Commission has, with the participation* of experts from
the Member States, conducted negotiations with a number of third countries.
Agreements have been concluded with New Zealand, the Czech Republic and the
USA, and negotiations are continuing with Australia, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina.
This proposal presents the results of negotiations with Canada, which are now ready
to be proposed to the Council.
The legal base for the agreement is Article 113 and 228.2 first sentence in the Treaty
as in the case of the most recent agreement with the Czech Republic.
Scope and purpose of the draft Agreement
The draft Agreement covers sanitary measures affecting trade in the animals and
animal products listed in Annex I of the text. However, due to differences in approach
to certain measures, the draft Agreement excludes the matters referred to Article 3(2),
including measures related to drug residues (e.g. hormones). These remain subject to
the legislation of each party in respect of trade.
The purpose of the draft Agreement is to facilitate trade between the parties in live
animals and animal products by establishing a mechanism for the recognition of
equivalence of sanitary measures where this is possible, and establishing a framework
for working towards equivalence in other areas.
For each party, equivalence can only be accepted in cases where the party is satisfied
that the agreed conditions of trade meet its chosen level of sanitary protection. In all
cases, it is the right of the importing party to determine if the measures of the
exporting party meet its level of protection. The rights of parties under the WTO
Agreements are not affected by the provisions of the draft Agreement, but the
intention of the draft Agreement is to work towards mutually acceptable solutions
instead of allowing damaging trade disputes to develop.
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 ---pagebreak--- Provisions are included for the exchange of information on matters relating to the
draft Agreement, including specific provisions for the notification to each other of
 outbreaks of disease. A safeguard clause is also included, allowing parties to take
 unilateral emergency measures to protect human or animal health.
 Subsidiarity
The proposal takes account of the principle of subsidiarity by explicit reference in the
 agreement to those responsibilities which fall to the Member States and those which
 are Community responsibilities (see Annex II.B).
In effect, the Community has exclusive competence for sanitary measures relating to
the placing on the Community market of live animals and animal products, whether
produced domestically or imported, while the Member States are responsible for
ensuring compliance of exports with Canadian requirements.
Joint Management Committee
The draft Agreement establishes a Joint Management Committee with responsibilities
for guiding the activities provided for in the text and for carrying out a regular review,
at least once per year, of progress made in the recognition of equivalence.
As the draft Agreement represents a starting point, and contains a comprehensive
work programme in Annex V, this Committee will play an important role in
coordinating progress with the implementation of the programme.
In addition, the Joint Committee may recommend changes to the Annexes as and
when these become necessary as a result of progress in the continuing negotiations.
Implementation of changes
Each party would then have to implement the agreed changes in accordance with its
legislative procedures (Article 16.2 of the Framework text). In the case of the
Community, it is proposed to do this by Commission Decision, following an opinion
of the Standing Veterinary Committee (3b "contrefilet" procedure).
It should be stressed that nothing in this draft Agreement changes basic Community
legislation; any such change which could be necessary in the future would have to
been made by the Council and Parliament on the basis of Article 100A, if there are
implications for public health, or any other appropriate legal base.
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 ---pagebreak---                         PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
       on the conclusion of the Agreement between the Government of Canada and the
  European Community on sanitary measures to protect public and animal health in respect
                         of trade in live animals and animal products
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular
 Article 113 and article 228, paragraph 2, first sentence, thereof,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
 Whereas the Agreement between the Government of Canada and the European
 Community on sanitary measures to protect public and animal health in respect of trade
 in live animals and animal products provides an adequate means for putting into practice
the provisions of the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary
Measures as regards public and animal health measures;
Whereas the Agreement will contribute towards facilitating bilateral trade between
Canada and the European Community in live animals and animal products through the
progressive recognition of the equivalence of sanitary measures, the recognition of
animal health status, the application of régionalisation and the improvement of
communication and cooperation;
Whereas it is appropriate to make provisions for a procedure establishing close and
effective cooperation between the Commission and the Member States within the
Standing Veterinary Committee;
Whereas the Agreement should be approved on behalf of the Community,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
                                           Article 1
The Agreement between the Government of Canada and the European Community on
sanitary measures to protect public and animal health in respect of trade in live animals
and animal products is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.
The text of the Agreement and the Annexes thereto are attached to this Decision.
                                           Article 2
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person empowered to
sign the Agreement in order to bind the Community.
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 ---pagebreak---                                                   Article 3
 The measures necessary for the implementation of this Agreement, including as regards
 fresh meat and meat based products guarantees equivalent to those laid down by
 Directive 72/462/EEC (1), shall be established pursuant to the procedure laid down in
 Article 30 of that Directive.
                                                 Article 4
 The Commission, assisted by Member States' representatives responsible for veterinary
 matters, shall represent the Community in the Joint Committee referred to in Article 16
 ( 1 ) of the Agreement.
 The Community position with regards to the matters to be dealt with by the Joint
 Committee shall be established within the appropriate Council bodies, in accordance with
 the provisions of the Treaty.
 Amendments to the Annexes to the Agreement which are the result of recommendations
 by the Joint Committee shall be adopted according to the procedure provided for in
 Article 29 of Directive 72/462/EEC.
                                                 Article 5
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall take effect on the date of its publication.
Done at Brussels,
For the Council
The President
(1)
      O.J. N° L 302, 31.12.1972, p. 28. Directive as last amended by Directive N° 97/79/EC (O.J. N° L 24,
      30.01.1998, p. 31).
 ---pagebreak---                      DRAFT AGREEMENT
between the Government of Canada and the European Community
         on sanitary measures to protect public and animal
   health in respect of trade in live animals and animal products
                                                                  H
 ---pagebreak---                                    DRAFT AGREEMENT
  between THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA and the EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
                  on sanitary measures to protect public and animal health
                   in respect of trade in live animals and animal products.
                                           Preamble
THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA ("Canada") and the EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
(the "Community") (hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Parties"):
ACKNOWLEDGING that their systems of sanitary measures are intended to provide
comparable health assurances;
REAFFIRMING their commitment to their rights and obligations under the Marrakesh
Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organisation (the "WTO Agreement"), and its
Annexes, in particular the Agreement on the Application of. Sanitary and Phytosanitary
Measures (the "SPS Agreement");                                                 .- •"
DESIRING to facilitate trade in live animals and animal products between Canada and the
Community while safeguarding animal and public health in relation to the wholesomeness
of food products;
KESOLVDTG to take the fullest account of the risk of spread of animal infection and
disease and the measures put in place to control and eradicate such infections and
diseases, and in particular to avoid disruptions to trade,
HAVE AGREED as follows:
                                           Article 1
                                          Objective
The objective of this Agreement is to facilitate trade in live animals and animal products
between Canada and the Community by establishing a mechanism for the recognition of
equivalence of sanitary measures maintained by the two Parties consistent with the
protection of public and animal health, and to improve communication and cooperation on
sanitary measures.
 ---pagebreak---                                          Article 2
                                        Definitions
For the purposes of this Agreement:
(a)    live animals and animal products means the live animals and animal products,
       including fish andfisheryproducts, listed in Annex I;
(b)     sanitary measures means sanitary measures as defined in paragraph 1 of AnnexjV
       to the SPS Agreement;
(ç)     appropriate level of sanitary protection means the appropriate level of sanitary
       protection as defined in paragraph 5 of Annex A of the SPS Agreement;
(d)    region means both "zone" and "region" as defined in the Animal Health Code of
       the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) and for aquaculture as defined in
       the International Aquatic Animal Health Code of the OIE;
(e)    responsible authorities "means:       -
                (i)    for Canada, the authorities described in Part A of Annex H; and
                (ii)   for the Community, the authorities described in Part B of Annex H.
                                        Article 3
                                          Scope                         <
1.     This Agreement applies in respect of trade between Canada and the Community in
       live animals and animal products.
2.     Subject to paragraph 3, the provisions of this Agreement shall apply initially to
       sanitary measures of the Parties that apply to trade in live animals and animal
       products.
3.     Unless otherwise specified under the provisions set out in the Annexes to this
       Agreement, and without prejudice to Article 11, the scope of this Agreement shall
       exclude sanitary measures* related to food additives (all food additives and
     - colours), sanitary stamps,. processing aids, flavours, irradiation (ionisation),
       contaminants (including microbiological standards), transport, chemicals
       originating from the migration of substances from packaging materials, labelling of
       foodstuffs, nutritional labelling, animal feedingstuffs, medicated feeds and
     . premixes.
4.     The Parties may agree to apply the principles of this Agreement to address
       veterinary issues other than sanitary measures applicable to trade in live animals
       and animal products.
5.     The Parties may agree to modify this Agreement in the future to extend the scope
       to other sanitary or phytosanitary measures affecting trade between the Parties.
 ---pagebreak---                                            Articled
                              Relation to the WTO Agreement
Nothing in this Agreement shall modify the rights or obligations of the Parties under the
WTO Agreement and in particular the SPS Agreement.
                                           Article 5
                            Recognition of Regional Conditions
1.     The Parties recognise the concept of régionalisation, which they agree to apply in
       respect of the diseases listed in Annex III.
2.     Where one of the Parties considers that it has a special status with respect to a
       specific disease, it may request recognition of that status. The importing Party
       may also request additional guarantees in respect of imports of live animals and
       animal products appropriate to the agreed status. The guarantees for specific
       diseases shall be specified in Annex V:
3.    Without prejudice to paragraph 2, the importing Party s'hait recognise
       régionalisation decisions taken in accordance with criteria as defined in Annex IV
       as the basis for trade from a Party whose territory is affected by one or more of
       the diseases listed in Annex HE.
                                           Article6
                                 Recognition of Equivalence
1.    The importing Party shall recognise a sanitary measure of the exporting Party as
      equivalent if the exporting Parry objectively demonstrates that its measure
      achieves the importing Party's appropriate level of protection.
2.    Once determined, equivalence shall be applied in relation to individual or groups of
      sanitary measures for live animals or animal product sectors, or parts of sectors, in
      relation to legislation, inspection and control systems, parts of systems, or in
      relation to specific legislation, inspection and/or hygiene requirements.
 ---pagebreak---                                          Article 7
                        Criteria for Recognition of Equivalence
1. In determining whether a sanitary measure(s) maintained by an exporting Party
   achieves the importing Party's appropriate level of sanitary protection, the Parties
   shall follow the process set out below:
   i)       identification of the sanitary measures for which recognition of equivalence
            is sought;
   ii)      explanation by the importing Party of the objective of its sanitary measures,
            including an assessment, as appropriate to the circumstances, of any risks
            that the sanitary measures are intended to address, and identification by the
            importing Party of its appropriate level of sanitary protection;
   iii)     provision of information by the exporting Party supporting its view that its
            sanitary measures achieve the importing Party's appropriate level of
            sanitary protection;
   iv)      assessment by the importing Party of whether the exporting Party's sanitary
            measure(s) achieves the importing Party's appropriate level of sanitary
            protection; this step may include an evaluation of:
            a)       the risks identified by the importing Party and evidence provided by
                     the exporting Party that its sanitary measures effectively address
                     those risks;
            b)       the legislative authority, standards, practices and procedures
                     including those of laboratories, as well as the programmes in place
                     to ensure that the domestic requirements of the exporting Party and
                    the importing Party's requirements are met;
            c)      the documented structure of the relevant responsible authorities,
                     their command chain, their authority, their operational procedures
                     and the resources available to them; and
            d)      the performance of the relevant responsible authorities" in relation to
                     the control programme and assurances.
            The importing Party may carry out audit and verification procedures, in
            accordance with Article 10, to assist this assessment.
2. Where equivalence has not been recognised, the conditions for trade shall be those
   required by the importing Party, as set out in Annex V, to meet its appropriate
   level of protection. The exporting Party may agree to meet the importing Party's
   conditions, without prejudice to the result of the process set out in paragraph 1.
3. In carrying out the process described in paragraph 1, and setting the conditions
   referred to in paragraph 2, the Parties shall take account of experience and
   information already acquired:
 ---pagebreak---                                           Article 8
         Status of the Recognition of Equivalence of the Parties' Sanitary Measures
 1.      Annex V lists those sectors, or parts of sectors, for which at the date of entry into
         force of this Agreement the Parties' respective sanitary measures are recognised as
         equivalent for trade purposes.
2.       Annex V also lists those sectors, or parts of sectors, for which, at the date of entry
         into force of this Agreement, the Parties apply different sanitary measures and
        .have not concluded the process described in paragraph 1 of Article 7. The Parties
         shall carry out the actions set out in Annex V based on the process described in
         paragraph 1 of Article 7, with the objective of recognising equivalence by the
         dates-indicated in Annex V.
 3.      With respect to sanitary measures recognised as equivalent for trade purposes at
         the date of entry into force of this Agreement, the Parties, within their
         competences, shall initiate the necessary legislative and administrative actions
         within 3 months to implement these recognitions.
                                          Article 9
                                      Health Certificate
When required, each consignment of live animals or animal products presented for import,
and for which equivalence has been recognised, will be accompanied by an official health
certificate, the model attestation of which is prescribed in Annex VU. The Parties may
jointly determine principles or guidelines for certification. Any such principles or
guidelines shall be set out in Annex VU.
                                          Article 10
                                    Audit and Verification
 1.      To maintain confidence in the effective implementation of the provisions of this
         Agreement, each Party has the right to carry out audit and verification procedures
         of all or part of the exporting Party's authorities total control programme as
         specified in Annex VI.
2.       Each Party has the right to carry out frontier checks on consignments on
         importation, in accordance with Article 11, the results of which may contribute" to
         the audit and verification process.
3.       The Community shall carry out the audit and verification procedures provided for
         in paragraph 1 and the frontier checks provided for in paragraph 2.
4.       For Canada, its responsible authorities carry out the audit and verification
      . procedures and frontier checks provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2.
 ---pagebreak--- 5. Upon the mutual consent of the Parties, either Party may:
                              \
   (a)     share the results and conclusions of its audit procedures and frontier
           checks with countries that are not Parties to this Agreement, or
   (b)     use the results and conclusions of the audit procedures and frontier checks
           of countries that are not Parties to this Agreement.
                                      Article 11
                   Frontier flmporfl Checks and Inspection Fees
1. The frequency and nature of frontier checks shall be based on the risk to public
   and animal health associated with the importation of a live animal or animal
   product. '                                    ....
2. The frequency rate of frontier - checks on imported live* animals and animal
   products shall be as set out in Annex VTIL
3. In the event that frontier checks reveal non-conformity with the relevant import
   requirements the action taken by the importing Party should be based on an
   assessment of the risk involved.
4. Wherever possible, the importer of a non-conforming consignment, or his
   representative, shall be notified of the reason for non-conformity, and shall be
   given access to the consignment and the'opportunity to contribute relevant
   information to assist the importing Party in taking a final decision.
5. A Party may collect fees for the costs incurred in conducting frontier checks.
   Provisions concerning these fees may be added to Annex VHI.
                                      Article12
                           Notification and Consultation
   The Parties shall notify each other, in writing, of:
   (a)     significant changes in health status, such as the presence and evolution of
           diseases in Annex HI, within 24 hours of confirmation of the change;
   (b)   findings of epidemiological importance with respect to diseases which are
           not in Annex HI or which are new diseases, without delay; and
   (c)     any additional measures beyond the basic requirements of their respective
           sanitary measures taken to control or eradicate animal disease or protect
           public health, and any changes in preventative policies, including
           vaccination policies.
 ---pagebreak--- 2.       In cases of serious and immediate concern with respect to public or animal health,
         oral notification shall be made immediately, and written confirmation should
         follow within 24 hours.
3.       Written and oral notifications shall be made to the contact points set out in Annex
         X.
4.       Where a Party has serious concerns regarding a risk to public or animal health,
         consultations regarding the situation shall, on request, take place as soon as
         possible, and in any case within 14 days of the request. Each Party shall
        .endeavour in such situations to provide all the information necessary to avoid a
         disruption iri trade, and to reach a mutually acceptable solution.
                                           Article 13
                                       •Safeguard Clause
A Party may, on serious public or animal health grounds, take provisional measures
necessary for the protection of public or animal health. These measures shall be notified to
the other Party within 24 hours of the decision to implement-them and, on request,
consultations regarding the situation shall be held within 14 days of the notification. The
Parties shall take due account of any information provided through such consultations.
                                           Article 14
                                     Information Exchange
1.      The Parties shall exchange information relevant to the implementation of this
        Agreement on a uniform and systematic basis, to provide assurance, engender
        mutual confidence and demonstrate the efficacy of the programmes controlled.
        Where appropriate, this may include exchanges of officials.
2.      The information exchange on changes in their respective sanitary measures, and
        other relevant information, shall include:
        (a)      the opportunity to consider proposals for the introduction of new measures
                 or changes in existing measures, which may affect this Agreement, in
                 advance of their finalisation. Where either Party considers it necessary,
                 proposals may be dealt with in accordance with Article 16(4);
        (b)      briefing on current developments affecting trade in live animals and animal
                 products;
        (c)      information on the results of the audit and verification procedures provided
                 for in Article 10.
3.    . The contact points for this exchange of information are set out in Annex X.
 ---pagebreak--- 4.  The Parties shall provide for the submission of scientific papers or data to the
    relevant scientific fora to substantiate any views or claims made in respect of a
    matter arising under this Agreement: Such information shall be evaluated by the
    relevant scientific fora in a timely manner, and the results of that examination shall
    be made available to both Parties.
                                              Article 15
                                        Outstanding Issues
1.  The principles of this Agreement shall be.applied to address outstanding issues
    affecting trade between the Parties in live animals and animal products as listed in
    Annex IX. Modifications shall be made to this Annex and, as appropriate, the
   . other Annexes, to take account of progress made and new issues identified.
                                              Article 16
                             Joint Management Committee
1.  A Joint Management Committee.(hereinafter.referred to as "the Committee")
    consisting of representatives of the Parties is hereby established. The Committee
     shall consider any matters relating to the Agreement, and shall examine all matters
    which may arise in relation to its implementation. The Committee shall meet within
     one year of the entry into force of this Agreement, and at least annually thereafter.
    The Committee may also address issues out of session by correspondence.
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2.  The Committee shall, at least once a year, review the Annexes to this Agreement,
    notably in the light of progress made under the consultations provided for under
    this Agreement. Following its review, the Committee shall issue a report of its
    proceedings including any recommendations of the Committee.
3.  In the light of the provisions set out in paragraph 2, the Parties may agree to
    modify the Annexes consistent with the Agreement. Modifications shall be agreed
    by an exchange of notes.
4.  The Parties agree to establish Technical Working Groups consisting of expert-
    level representatives of the Parties, which shall identify and address technical and
     scientific issues arising from this Agreement.
    When additional expertise is required, ad hoc groups, notably scientific groups,
     may
     may be   constituted by
           uc ^unsiuuieu   vy the
                                uic Parties.
                                     r a m e s . Membership
                                                  ivieiiiuc           of such ad hoc groups need not be
     restricted
     restricted to
                 to representatives
                    representatives of  of the
                                             the Parties.
                                                  Parties
 ---pagebreak---                                          Article 17
                                   Territorial Application
This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the territories in which the Treaty
establishing the European Community is applied and under the conditions laid down in
that Treaty and, on the other hand, to the territory of Canada.                   •
                                         Article 18
                                      Final Provisions
        This Agreement and its Annexes shall enter into force upon an exchange of notes
        indicating that the Parties have completed all legal requirements necessary for that
        purpose.
        Each Party shall implement the commitments arid obligations arising from this
        Agreement and its Annexes in accordance with its internal procedures.
        Either Party may terminate this Agreement by giving at least 6 months' notice in
        writing. The Agreement shall terminate on the expiry of the period of notice.
        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned being duly authorised, have signed
        this Agreement.
        Done in two copies, this ['] day of [ ], 1998, in each of the English and French
        languages, each version being equally authentic.
        For the Government of Canada .                        For       the       European
                                                               Community
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 ---pagebreak---                               LIST OF ANNEXES
ANNEX I    Live animals and products
ANNEX II   Responsible authorities
ANNEX m    Diseases for which régionalisation decisions can be taken
ANNEX IV   Régionalisation and zoning
ANNEX V    Recognition of Sanitary Measures
ANNEX VI / Guidelines on procedures for conducting an audit
ANNEX \TI Certification
ANNEX VHT Frontier checks
ANNEX DC   Outstanding issues
ANNEX X    Contact points
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 ---pagebreak---                                             ANNEX I
                        LIVE ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
Live animals and animal      For Imports into Canada, as     For Imports into the
products:-                   defined by:                     Community, as defirfed by:
1.     Live Cattle and Pigs  Health of Animals Regulations   Council Directive 64/432/EEC
                             (CRC, c.296)                    of 26 June 1964
2.     Bovine Semen          Health of Animals Regulations   Council Directive 88/407/EEC
                             (CRC, c.296)'                   of 14 June 1988
3. -   Bovine Embryos        Health of Animals Regulations   Council Directive 89/556/EEC
                             (CRC, c.296)                    of 25 September 1989
4; (   Live Horses           Health of Animals Regulations   Council Directive 90/426/EEC
                             (CRC, c.296)                    of 26 June 1990
5.     Pig Semen             Health of Animals Regulations Council Directive 90/429/EEC
                             (CRC, c.296)                " • of 26 June 1990
6.     Poultry and           Health of Animals Regulations   Council Directive 90/539/EEC
        Hatching Eggs        (CRC, c.296)                    of 15 October 1990
7.     Live Aquaculture      Fish Health Protection          Council Directive 91/67/EEC
       Animals and '>        Regulations made under the      of 28 January 1991
        Aquaculture          Fisheries Act, R.S.C., 1985, c.
        Products             F-14
                             Fish Inspection Regulations
                             made under the Fish Inspection
                             Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. F-12
8.     Live Sheep and        Health of Animals Regulations   Council Directive 91/68/EEC
        Goats                (CRC, c.296)                    of 28 January 1991
9.     Other Live Animals, Health of Animals Regulations     Council Directive 92/65/EEC
       Semen, Ova and        (CRC, c.296)                    of 13 July 1992
       Embryos From the
       Animal Species not
       referred to in points
        1-8
10.    Fresh Meat            Meat Inspection Regulations -   Council Directive 64/433/EEC
                             definitions (food animal, meat, of 26 June 1964
                             meat by-product, mechanically
                             separated meat) & Schedule I
                             (fresh)
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 ---pagebreak---  Live animals and animal   For Imports into Canada, as     For Imports into the
 products:                  defined by:                     Community, as defined by:
 11.    Fresh Poultry Meat  Meat Inspection Regulations -  Council Directive 71/118/EEC
                           definitions (as above, bird)    of 15 February 1971
 12.     Meat Products     Meat Inspection Regulations -   Council Directive 77/99/EEC
                           definitions (prepared,          of 21 December 1976
                           preserved, processed)                                      "-
 13.    Minced Meat and    No specific definition,( would  Council Directive 94/65/EEC
         Meat Preparations be processed, fresh meat &      of 14 December 1994
                           poultry meat) Standard in
                           Schedule I
 14.    Egg Products       Processed Egg & Egg             Council Directive 89/437/EEC
        Shell Eggs         Regulations - definitions (a    of 20 June 1989
                           number of definitions apply for
                           specific egg products &                 • • »
                           processed eggs)
 15.    Live Bivalve       Fish Inspection Regulations     Council Directive 91/492/EEC
         Molluscs          made under the Fish Inspection  of 15 July 1991
                           Act, R.S.C 1985, C. F-12
                           Fish Health Protection
                           Regulations and the
                           Management of Contaminated
                           Fisheries Regulations made
                           under the Fisheries Act,
                           R.S.C, 1985, c. F-14
 16.    Fishery Products   Fish Inspection Regulations     Council Directive 91/493/EEC
                           made under the Fish Inspection  of 22 July 1991
                           Act, R.S.C, 1985, c. F-12
 17.    Farmed Game Meat   Meat Inspection Regulations -   Council Directive 91/495/EEC
                           definitions (Farmed game        of 27 November 1991
                           animal and thereafter as for
                           fresh meat & fresh poultry
                           meat)
 18.    Wild Game Meat     Meat Inspection Regulations -   Council Directive 92/45/EEC
                           Only species recognized are     of the 16 June 1992
                           muskox, caribou & reindeer)
49.     Milk and Milk      -Dairy Product Regulations      Council Directive 92/46/EEC
         Products          (CAP)                           of 16 June 1992.
                           -Food and Drug Regulations
                           -Consumer Packaging and
                           Labelling Regulations
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 ---pagebreak--- Live animals and animal       For Imports into Canada, as   For Imports into the
products:                     defined by:                   Community, as defined by:
20.    Animal Waste                                         Council Directive 907667/EEC
                                                            of 27 November 1990
21.    Animal Products not Health of Animals Regulations    Council Directive 92/118/EEC
        referred to in points (CRC, c.296)                  of 17 December 1992
        10 - 20.              Meat Inspection Regulations -                            :.
                              definitions (as appropriate)
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 ---pagebreak---                                                 ANNEXH
                                   RESPONSIBLE AUTHORITIES
   Responsible Authorities of Canada
   The following Departments are responsible for the application of sanitary measures in respect of
   domestically produced, exported and imported animals and animal products and for issuing health
   certificates attesting to agreed standards unless otherwise noted: The Canadian Food Inspection
   Agency (CFIA), or the Department of Health, as appropriate.
B. Responsible Authorities of the Community
                                                                               • • *
   Control is shared between the national services in the individual Member States and the European
   Commission. In this respect the following applies:
        •    In terms of exports to Canada, the Member States are responsible for control of the
             production circumstances and requirements, including statutory inspections and issuing
             health certification attesting to the agreed standards and requirements.
        •    The European Commission is responsible for overall co-ordination, inspection/audits of
             inspection systems and the necessary legislative action to ensure uniform application of
             standards and requirements within the Single European Market.
                                                                                                  15
 ---pagebreak---                                     ANNEX III
         DISEASES FOR WHICH REGIONALISATION DECISIONS CAN BE TAKEN
                                  LEGAL BASIS
             Disease               EC                            Canada              z
Foot and mouth disease       85/511, 64/432     Health of Animals Act Sections 5, 22
                                               through 27, and 64. Health of Animals
                                               Regulations sections 90 and 91, and
                                               schedule 2 of the Reportable Disease
                                               Regulations.
Vesicular stomatitis        92/119        .,   Hof A Act 5, 22-27, 64: Hof A Regs 90,
                                               91 and Schedule 2.
Swine vesicular disease     92/119, 64/432"    H of A Act 5, 22-27, 64: H of A Regs 90,
                                               91 and Schedule 2.
Rinderpest                  92/119, 64/432     H of A Act 5, 22-27, 64: H of A Regs 90,
                                               91 and Schedule 2.
Peste des petits ruminants  92/119             H of A Act 5, 22-27, 64: H of A Regs 90,
                                               91 and Schedule 2.
Contagious bovine           64/432             Hof A Act 5, 22-27, 64: Hof A Regs 90,
pleuropneumonia                                91 and Schedule 2.
Lumpy skin disease          92/119             H of A Act 5, 22-27, 64: H of A Regs 90,
                                               91 and Schedule 2.
Rift Valley fever           92/119             H of A Act 5, 22-27, 64: H of A Regs 90,
                                               91 and Schedule 2.
Bluetongue                  92/119             Hof A Act 5, 22-27, 64: Hof A Regs 90,
                                               91 and Schedule 2.
Sheep pox and goat pox      92/119           - Hof A Act 5, 22-27, 64: Hof A Regs 90,
                                               91 and Schedule 2.
African Horse Sickness      90/426,92/35       Hof A Act 5, 22-27, 64: Hof A Regs 90,
                                               91 and Schedule 2.
African Swine Fever         64/432             H of A Act 5, 22-27, 64: H of A Regs 90,
                                               91 and Schedule 2.
Classical Swine Fever       80/217, 64/432     H of A Act 5, 22-27, 64: H of A Regs 90,
                                               91 and Schedule 2.
                                                                                        16
 ---pagebreak---  Fowl Plague (Highly pathogenic         92/40, 90/539       H of A Act 5, 22-27, 64:.H of A Regs 90,
 Avian Influenza)                                           91 and Schedule 2.
 Newcastle disease                      92/66, 90/539       H of A Act 5, 22-27, 64: H of A Regs 90,
                                                            91 and Schedule 2.
 Venezualan Equine                      90/426            . Hof A Act 5, 22-27, 64: Hof A Regs 90,
 Encephalomyelitis                                          91 and Schedule 2.
 Epizootic haemorrhagic disease         92/119              H of A Act 5, 22-27, 64: H of A Regs 90,
                                                            91 and Schedule 2.
 Teschen                                92/119              Hof A Act 5, 22-27, 64: Hof A Regs 90, ,
                                                            91 and Schedule 2.
Aquaculture diseases
The list of aquaculture diseases is to.be discussed further by the Parties on the basis of the International
Aquatic Animal Health Code of the OIE.
                                                                                                         17 .. .
 ---pagebreak---                                                 ANNEX IV
                                 REGIONALISATION AND ZONING
Further to Article 5(3), the Parties agree that the following forms the basis for regionalisatipn decisions
for the diseases listed in Annex III. Each Party agrees to recognize régionalisation decisions taken in
accordance with this Annex.
Animal Diseases
Régionalisation -Adjacent countries or parts of countries which have the same animal health status and
similar disease controls can be treated as a region. The region must be clearly delineated by natural,
artificial or legal boundaries which must be effective. The region must have a common control policy
for the specific disease. There must, be a uniform effective system of epidemiological surveillance
throughout the region and an official sanitary agreement between the countries involved.
In assessing risk from a given proposed importation of animals or animal products, three sets of factors
may be considered : - ' " ' .
   1.     Source risk factors
   2.     Commodity risk factors
   3.     Destination risk factors
Source risk factors
The primary determinant of the risk of importing disease is the status of the country of origin in respect
o£the disease in question. However, declarations of disease freedom must be backed up by effective
surveillance programmes.
The over-riding consideration in this context, therefore, is the quality of the veterinary infrastructure.
No other factors can be assessed without full confidence in the veterinary administration. In particular,
their ability to detect and control an outbreak of disease and to provide meaningful certification is
crucial.
The ability to detect the presence of disease depends on the surveillance carried out This surveillance
can be active, passive, or both.
Active surveillance implies definitive action intended to identify the presence of disease, such as
systematic clinical inspections, ante and post mortem examination, serology on farm or in abattoir,
referral of pathological material for laboratory diagnosis, sentinel animals.
Passive surveillance means that the disease must be compulsorily notifiable, and that there must be a
sufficiently high level of supervision of the animals in order to ensure that the disease will be observed
quickly and reported as a suspect. There must also be a mechanism for investigation and confirmation,
and farmers and veterinarians must have a high level of awareness of the disease and its symptoms.
Epidemio-surveillance may be augmented by voluntary and compulsory herd/flock health programmes,
particularly those which ensure a regular veterinary presence on the farm.
Other factors to be considered include :
                                                                                                         18
 ---pagebreak---    *      disease history
   *      vaccination history
       v
   *     controls on movements into the zone, out of the zone and within the zone
   *      animal identification and recording
   *.     presence of disease in adjacent areas
   *      physical barriers between zones of differing status
   *      meteorological conditions
   *      use of buffer zones (with or without vaccination)
   *      presence of vectors and/or reservoirs
   *      active control and eradication programmes (where appropriate)
   *      ante and post mortem inspection system
On the basis of these factors, a zone may be defined.
The authority with the responsibility for implementing the zoning policy is in the best position to define
and maintain the zone. When there is a high level of confidence in that authority, the decisions it makes
can be the basis for trade.
The zones so defined may be assigned a risk category.
Possible categories are :
          low/negligible risk
          medium risk
          high risk
          unknown risk
Calculation of estimates of risk for eg. live animals, [calculated by the [exporting] [importing] Partyl,
may assist in this categorisation. Import conditions may then be defined for each category, disease and
commodity, individually or in groups.
Low/negligible risk implies that importation may take place based on a simple guarantee of origin.
Medium risk implies that some combination of certification and/or guarantees may be required before
or after importation.
High risk implies that importation will only take place under conditions which significantly reduce the
risk, eg. by additional guarantees, testing or treatment.
Unknown risk implies that imports will only take place if the commodity itself is of very low risk eg.
hides, wool, or under the conditions for "highrisk"if the commodity factors warrant.
                                                                                                       19
 ---pagebreak--- Commodity Risk Factors
These include :
   *       is the disease transmissible by the commodity
   *       could the agent be present in the commodity if derivedfrom^a healthy and/or clinically affected
animal   •
   *       can the predisposing factor be reduced eg. by vaccination
   *       what is the likelihood that the commodity has been exposed to infection
   *       has the commodity been obtained in such a way as to reduce the risk eg. de-boning
  -*      has the commodity been subjected to a treatment which inactivates the agent         .
Appropriate tests and quarantine will reduce the risk.
Destination Risk Factors
   *      presence of susceptible animals
   *      presence of vectors
  '*.     possible vector-free period
   *      preventive measures such as waste food feeding and animal waste rendering rules
   *      intended use of product eg. petfood, human consumption only.
These factors are inherent in or are under the control of the importing country, and some may therefore
be modified to facilitate trade. These may for example include restricted entry conditions eg. animals to
be confined to a certain vector free region until the incubation period has passed, or [canalisation]
systems.
However, destination Risk Factors will also be taken into account by the infected country with respect
to the risk presented by movements from the infected part to the free part of its territory.
Aquaculture Diseases
Pending the development of any specific provisions to be included in this Annex, the basis for
Régionalisation decisions for aquaculture diseases will be the International Aquatic Health Code of the
OIE.
                                                                                                      20
 ---pagebreak---              ANNEX V                  Recognition of Sanitary Measures
Yes (1)  Equivalence agreed - model health attestations to be used
Yes (2)           Equivalence agreed in principle - some specific issue (s) to be resolved
                  existing certification to be used until issue(s) resolved
Yes (3)           Equivalence in form of compliance with importing Party's
                  requirements - existing certification to be used
NE       Not evaluated - existing certification to be used in the interim
No (4) : Not equivalent and/or further evaluation is required. Trade may occur
         if the exporting Party meets the importing Party's requirements
AD       Aujeszky's disease
AI       avian influenza
BSE      bovine spongiform encephalopathy .
BVD      bovine viral diarrhea
C        Celsius
CSF      classical swine fever
EBL      enzootic bovine leucosis
Equiv    Equivalent
FMD      foot and mouth disease
IBD      infectious bursal disease
IBR      infection bovine rhinotracheitis
IR       Ireland
JD       Johne's disease
MV       Maedi-visna
ND       Newcastle disease
OIE      Office International des Epizooties
PAQ      post-arrival quarantine
PEQ      pre-export quarantine
PM       Post Mortem
PRRS     porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome
ScVC     Scientific Veterinary Committee
Std      Standard
SVD      swine vesicular disease
UHT      Ultra High Temperature
UK       United Kingdom
WTO      World Trade Organisation
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 -Species              Trade Conditions        Equiv.  Special Conditions         Actions                        Trade Conditions         Equiv.       Special Conditions      Actions
                                    i
 -Animal/Public  EC             Canadian       (Cat)                                                       Canadian       EC              (Cat)
  Health \       Standards      Standards                                                                  Standards ~    Standards
                                                                                                                                                                            ^ = ™ ™ » » = — • mm m m
 1. Live Animals                                 '                                                                                            .     •'                 l                  • ' • 'y
 Animal health
 - Equidae       Directive      H of A Act &   2                                  l| Consider reducing     H f A Act      Directive       3                                   i) Cda requests'
                 90/426,        Regs., permit                                     the pott-import          and Regs.,     90/426,                                             that EU accept as
                                                                                  quarantine time to
                                conditions              _                         that necessary to
                                                                                                                          Decisions                                           official Jests those
         *                                                                        ensure freedom of        Disease        92/260,                                             that bepbrne
         i                                                                        the animals from .       Control MOP    93/195,                                             recognised by •..
                                                                                  diseeses of concern.
                                                                                                                          93/196;                                             OIE.
                                                                                  vi| Amend reqmt, for
                                                                                  piroplasmosis                           93/197,
                                                                                  freedom to freedom                      94/467                                                                 .
                                                                                  from notifiable
                                                                                  diseases within 10
                                   N
                                 i                                                km of the holding for
                                                                                                                                   '                                                             i; '
                                                                                  12 months.
                                                                                  vii) Amend
                                                                                  statements regarding
                                                                                  disease freedom to
                                                                                                                             • •
                                                                                                                                                                                                 >
                                                                                  the wording in Article                                                                                         i
                                                                                  4.para 5 of                                                                                                     i •
                                                                              r . 90/426/EEC                                                                                                      •>•  •
                                                                                  ix)Amend                                                                                        •••'..•           i.
                                                                                  piroplasmosis test to'
                                                                                  test approved by
                                                                                  AAFC.
                                                                        t                                                                                                                       • i"
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 ---pagebreak--- 1 '
| -Specias
           '
1 -Commodity
                            Trade Conditions
                                               European Community Exports to Canada
                                                     Equiv.     Special Conditions          Actions
                                                                                                                                               Canadiar I Exports to the European Community
                                                                                                                                Trade Conditions -        Equiv.      Special Conditions     Actions
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             I
| -Animal/Public
| Health
                     EC.
                     Standards
                                        i
                                     Canadian
                                     Standards
                                                     (Cat)  .                                                            Canadian
                                                                                                                         Standards
                                                                                                                                         EC
                                                                                                                                         Standards
                                                                                                                                                           (Cat)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 -1
    1. Live, Animals                                                                                                                                                                  i
    Animal health                                                                                                                                                                                      • :         ! • ; . ;
                     Directives      Hof A Act&      E                                     EC requests Canada            H of A Act      Directive        3                                 Canada requests that
    - Bovine                                                                               to                                                                                               EU      .    . ...   J';
                     64/432,         Regs,                                                                               and Regs.,      72/462
 fl Animals                                                                                                                                                                                 1) Accept cattle
       • •  .        72/462, .       permit                                                1} accept items, 1) ii)       DC Manual       Decision'                                          inepe ted within 46
                                     conditions .                         ,                and vH^bveT!) ,."*:£^...^     of              83/494                                             hours of departure.''
                                                                                                                         Procedures,                                  • • «                 ii) Accept cattle .-••"
                                                                                           ii) eliminate post                                                                               without tb arid      ':.•'•
                                                              '.                           import requirements
                                                                                                                         permit                                    ,                        brucellosis test if V ' j
                                                                                           or at least to reduce         conditions.                                                        they origineta frorrl          B
                                                                                           the duration and                                                                                 free regions. '        •'•'..' H
                                                                                           severity of                                                                  <                   iii) Review EBL rules 1
                                                                                           quarantine/ isolation                                                                            iv) Accept cattle on             |
                                                                                           to the time and tests                                                                            basis of a statement |
                                                                                           necessary to                                                                                     indicating that t h e f          1
                                                                                                                                                                                            holding is, not under            |
                                                                                           determineftejedom                     ..                                                         restriction due to an            |
                                                                                           from diseases o f S
                                                                                '                                           Vy >' . . .
                                                                                                                        «•• YCv c H.' < , f "
                                             v
                                      i                                                    concern.             ^S •*mr                                                                     outbreak of rabies 'or |
                                                                                      c                                                                                                     anthrax.'              •
                                                                                           lii) eccapt that trade                                                                           v) Remove the reqrrrt.
                                                                                           in live cattle shall                                                                             for mastitis test. '
                                                                                           proceed on the basis                                                                             vi) Review
                                                                                    •  • •
                                                                                           of the OIE                                                                                       blu etongue & EHO
                                                                                           recommendations as                                                                               tests end
                                                                                           outlined in Chapter                                                                              requirements and
                                                                                           3 . 2 . 1 3 . of the                                                                             seasonal restrictions
                                                                                           International Animal                                                                             for these diseases, - ;
                                                                                           Health Code.                                                                                     vli) Review IBR
                                                                                                                                                                                            requirements
                                                            -                                                                                                                               viii) Reexamine      ,'
                                                                                                                                                                                            requirement that,
                                                                                                                                                                 i
                                                                                                                                                                                            enimels be conceived
                                                                                                                                                                                            in Canada.
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 ---pagebreak---   •Commodity                                European Community Exports to Canada                                                Canadian Exports to the European Community
  -Species                Trade Conditions        Equiv.   Special Conditions     Actions                        Trade Conditions         Equiv.     Special Conditions      Actions
  -Animal/Public   EC              Canadian        (Cat)                                                 Canadian         EC              (Cat)
  Health           Standards       Standards                                                             Standards        Standards
                                    i
1 1 . Live Animals                                                                                                                                                   1                           J;
  Animal health
  Sheep/Goats      Directive       H of A Act &   4                              EC requests thet         H of A Act      Directive      4               -   i                              •  •  '     .
                                                                                 Canada                                                                                     Canada requests the
                   91/68           Regs, permit                                                          and Regs.,       91/68                                             EUto; .               !
                                                                                                                                                                                                    ; .
                                                                                 1) Accept animals
                                   conditions                                    from a region in        DC Manual                                                          1) Justify the reqmt. for
                                                                                 which scrapie ia        of                                                                regional freedom from
                                                                                 notifiable, the holding                                                                    contagious agalactia.
                                                                                                         Procedures,                                                       II) Remove reqmt.for
                                                                                 has been free for two
                                                                                 years and where the
                                                                                                         Permit                                                            seasonal Importation '
                                                                                                         conditions                                                        vi) Accept animals ' •
                                                                                 holding ia subject to                                            •                         from holding free of
                                                                                 sampling for the                                                                           scrapie 6 yeara & not
                                                                                 disease •                                                                                  the progeny of an '
           • »
                                                                   •             ii) Justify the                                                                            affected dem.         j;
                                                                                 requirement that
       .                                                                         animals must
                                                                                                                                                                            vli) Remove reqmts.f or
                                                                                                                                                                            flock testing for
                                                         '                       originate from a                                                                           MV/CAE. B. ovls and
                                                                                 region which is free                                                                       B. melitenels, pre- ...
                                                                                                                                                i
                                                                                 from BSE.                                                                                  embarkation.
                                                                                 Hi) Delete the                                                                             quarantine; and testa
                                         i
                                                                                 requirement for                                                                            for brucellosis fromi
                                                                                 regional freedom from                                                                      free areas, MV/CAE
                                                                                                                                                                            and contagious
                                                                                                                                                                           'agalactia except for''
         '   " •
                                                                                 paratuberculosis,
                                                                                                                                                                            animala destined to'
                                                                                 enzootic abortion and                     • -                                              free regions and tests
                                                                                 echinococcus/hydatid                                                                       for bluetongue end '
                                                                                 OSIS.                                                                                      EHD.
                                                                                 iv) Delete test
                                                                             .   requirements for                                                                           vli) Accept on the basis
                                                                                 leptospirosis,                                                                             of CO03/19B/EEC;
                                                                                 paratuberculosis,           '•-                                                            Psrt 1 .b
                                                                                 enzootic abortion,
                                                                                 MV/CAE, Q fever and
                                                                                   the test for
                                                                                 tuberculosis from
                                                                                 free regions,
                                                                                 v) eliminate post
                                                                                 import requirements                                                                                                i
                                                                                 or at least to reduce
                                                                 !               the duration and
                                                                                 severity of                                                                            •'
                                                                                 quarantine/ isolation
                                                                                 to the time and tests
                                                                                 necessary to
                                                                                 determine freedom
                                                                                 from diseases of
                                                                                 concern.
                                                                                                                                                          i'
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 ---pagebreak---    -Commodity                               European Community Exports to Canada                                                         Canadian Exports to the European Community
   •Species               Trade Conditions         Equiv.   Special Conditions        Actions                           Trade Conditions          Equiv.      Special Conditions            Actions
   -Animal/Public  EC              Canadian        (Cat)                                                        Canadian           EC             (Cat)
   Health          Standards       Standards                                                                    Standards          Standards
   1L Live Animals                                                                                      )                                 :• .;.                              ,.      • . . . . .-..: r •
  Animal health                                                                                                                                           •_
                                                  3                                  EC requests Canada                          . Directive      3                                       Canada requests that
   - Swine         Directive       Hof A A c t *                                                               H of A Act
                                                                                     to delete reference to                                                                               EU; .              . .
                   64/432,         Regs., permit                                                               and Regs.          72/462 •                                                1) Accept animals ''.
                                                                                     PRRS, lepto. TGE,
                   72/462.         conditions                                        PRCV, atrophic                               Decision                                                without test for j •
                   90/425,                                                           rhinitis, T.spiralis, and                    83/494                                                  Teschen disease.'
                                                                                     ivermectin treetment.
                                                                                                                                                                                          ii) Delete requirement'
                                                                                                                                                        t                                 for percentage herd
                                                                                                                                                                                          test for swine
                                                                                                                                                                                          influenza and TGE.; -
                   Directive       Hof A Act      2         Must have cert of rabies                           H of A Act          Directive      2           Quarantine required for     Accept animals into :
  - Dogs and                                                                                                                                                                              free regions wfth a ._
                   92/65,         and Regs.                vaccination or country                              and Regs,          92/65                      movement to UK and
  Cats                                                                                                                                                                                    record of rabies
                                  Sec 17 &                 freedom. Additional                                 DC Manual                                     Ireland.                     vaccination and
                                   18.                     vaccination requirements                            of                                             Otherwise vaccinatiuon      booster without
                                                           and humane considerations                           Procedures.                                   and test                     quarantine.
                                                           for puppies.
                   Directive.      H of A Act     3                                  Review import             H of A Act and      Directive      3                                       i) Produce import
  -"Balai"                                                                                                     Regs. Disease                                                              conditions for farmed
                   92/65          and Regs.       E.                                 conditions for                               92/65
     animals                                                                                                   control, programs                                                          cervidae, and      ;
                                                                                     ceryidae and              and ungulate                                                               camelidae and bison.
                                                          '                          camelidae                 movement
                                                                                                               control apply to
                                                                                                               these animate.
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  •Species                Trade Conditions        Equiv.  Special Conditions        Actions                 Trade Conditions   ;    Equiv.     • Special Conditions   Actions     1
                                     i "
                                   Canadian                                                                                                ;
  -Animal/Public    EC                            (Cat)                                              Canadian        EC             (Cat)
   Health           Standards      Standards                                                         Standards       Standards
  2. Live Poultry and hatching éggs
  Animal health    Directives     H of A Act                                       Generic          H of A Act and  Directives
                                                                                                    Regs.,DC Manual
                   90/539,        and Regs.                                        conditions                       90/539,
                                                                                                    of Procedures.
                   Decision       Permit                                           Review                           Decision
                   93/342         conditions                                       requirements for                 93/432
                                                                                   TRTandEDS                        96/482
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 ---pagebreak---   -Commodity                                European Community Exports to Canada                                           Canadian Exports to the European Community
  -Species               Trade Conditions         Equiv.       Special Conditions   Actions                  Trade Conditions       Eqùjv.     Special Conditions
  -AnimalfPublic   EC             Canadian        (Cat)                                                 Canadian      EC            (Cat)'
  Health           Standards      Standards                                                             Standards     Standards
                                                                                                                                                                                              ,.,.••).
 3. Semen
 Animal health
                   Directive     H of A Act .    2                                  Review the          H of A Act    Directive     3   . -:                             1) Provide justification
 -Bovine
                                                                                                                                                                         for the reqmnt. that
                   88/407        and Regs. ,                                        requirement for     and Regs, DC '88/407
                                                                                                                                                                         all bulls standing in an
                                 Permit                                             seronegative        Manual of     Decision                                           approved centre need
                                 conditions                                         status of donors    Procedures," 94/577/EC                                           tobelBR/IPV
                                                                                    for leptospirosis   Sec 15.                                                          seronegative & justify
                                                                                                                                                                         the necessity to test
                                                                                    and
                                                                                                                                                                         donors for EHD inv
                                                                                    paratuberculosis                                                                     view of
                                                                                                                                -                                        transmissibility by
                                                                                                                                                                         semen in doubt.
                                                                                                                                                                         ii) Update test     ,
                                                                                                                                                                         provisions for      ,
                                                                                                                                                                         brucellosis (CF or'
                                                                                                                                                                         EUSA) and EBL ;
                                                                                                                                                                         (EUSA or AGID). , '
                                                                                                                                                                         iii) Determine method
                                                                                                                -                                                        to be used to identify
                                                                                                                                                                         semen from IBR/IPV
                                                                                                                                                                         negetive bulls or
                                                                                                                                                                         remove requirement
                                                                                                                                                                         for such straw
                                                                                                                                                                          identification,
                                                                                                                                                                          iv) Amend CD.
                                                                                                                                                                          94/677/EC Pert 1,1
                                                                                                                                                                          13.(d)of Annex C to .
                                                                                                                                                                          permit Importation .ef
                                                  • •                                                                                               •                     ••man from bulls which'
                                                                                                                                                                        . have been resident •
                                                                                                                                                                          "fn the territory of a 3rd
                                                                                                                                                                          country on the list
                                                                                                                                                                          drawn up In accordance
                                                           •                                                                                                              with Article 8 (Dot
                                                                                                                                                         -                88/407/EEC" snd ,
                                                                                                                                                                          request the nsme of the
                                                                                                                                                                          third country.
2?~
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                                      i
    •Animal/Pubiic  EC •.           Canadian        (Cat)                                               Canadian        EC             (Cat)
    Health .        Standards       Standards                                                           Standards       Standards
                                                                                                                                                                  1
 | 3 . Semen
, Animal health
                   Directives     , H of A Act     3E                                                                  Directive       3                                 ilHarmonfee trade
    -Sheep/Goats                                                                                        H of A Act
                                                                                                                                                                         zoosanitary
                   92/65            and Regs.,'                                                         and Regs,      92/65                                             conditions for imports
                                    Permit                                                              DC Manual      91/68                                             from third countries. ••
                                    conditions                                                          of             Decision
                                                                                                        Procedures,    95/388/EC                                         ii)Remove the
                                                                                                                                                                         requirement for
                                                                                                        Sec 15.                                                          Mycoplasma testing
                                                                                                                                                                         (done in bovine).'
                                                                                                                                                                         iii)Accept.          1 .
                                                                                                                                                                         regionelization of
                                                                                                                                                                          bluetongue and :
                                                                                                                                                                          EHD.and remove the "
                                                                                                                                                                         test requirement.
                                                                                                                                                                         iv)Update test
                                                                                                                                                                         requirement for <
                                                                                                                                                                          MV/CAE to EUSA.
                                                                                                                                                                         v)Delete the
                                                                                                                                                                         requirement for post.
                                                                                                                                                                         collection test for
                                                                                                                                                                         MV/CAE.            -.I-
                   Directive       H of A Act      E                                                                                   E
   -Porcine                                                                             DReview the     H o f A Act    Directive                                         i)Harmonize for
                   90/429          and Regs.,                                           requirement for and Regs.,     90/429                                            third country
                                   Permit                                               Ieptospirosis   DC Manual      Decision                                          importetfon.
                                   conditions                                           seronagativity. of             93/199                                            ii) Review
                                                                                        ii)Generic      Procedures,                                                       requirement to .
                                                                                        conditions      Sec 15.                                                           test all boars for
                                                                                                                                                                          CSFandAD .
                   Directive       H of A Act      E                                    OGeneric
   -Canine                                                                                              H of A Act     Directive       1                                 Canada requests
                   92/65           end Regs,                                            conditions      and Regs.      92/65                            '                 EU to produce
                                                                 i                • • •
                                                                                                                                                                         certificate
   -Feline         Directive       No trade                                                                            Directive
                   92/65                                                                                               92/65                                        •
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  •Specias              Trade Conditions        Equiv.  Special Conditions     Actions             Trade Conditions          Equiv.      Special Conditions    Actions
  -Animal/Public  EC             Canadian       (Cat)                                         Canadian       EC *            (Cat)
  Heelth          Standards      Standards                                                    Standards     Standards
  4 . Equine semen, ova and embryos
                  Directive      H of A Act                                    Set out import H of A Act    Directive                                          Recognize Canada's
  Animal health                                                                                              92/65,                                            freedom from CEM._.
                  92/65          and Regs,                                     requirements   and Regs.
                                                                                                             Decisions                                         and remove the
                  Decisions      Permit                                                                      95/307                                            requirement to test
                  95/307         conditions                                                                 92/294                                             donor stallions.
                  95/295                                                                                     96/539
                                                                                                             96/540
  5. Embryos
  Animal health
                  Directives     H of A Act     2                                             H of A Act     Directive        1                                Accept and i
  -Bovine
                  89/556         and Regs,                                                    and Regs,    , 89/556                                            enforce IETS i
                                 Permit                                                       AAFC           Decision                                          straw labelling,
                                 conditions                                                   Accreditatio   9 2/471/EC                                        recommend- .
                                                                                              n Program                                                        ations.
                                                                                                                                                               Alter frequency
                                                                                                                                                               of inspection of •
                                                                                                                                                               teams to agree
                                                                                                                                                               with internal EC
                                                                                                                                                               rules t-n -
*2?
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 -Species'                                        Special Conditions       Actions          Trade Conditions        Equiv.      Special Conditions     Actions
 -Animal/Public                                                                       Canadian       EC              (Cat)
 Health                                                                               Standards      Standards
 5. Embryos         ,                                                                                                                           I            •       "•'
                                            •'
 Animal health
                Directive  H of A Act     2                                Update as  H of A Act     Directive      4                                 Delete'
 -Ovine/
                92/65      and Regs,           '                           necessary  and Regs,      92/65                                            requirement for
   Caprine
                           Permit                                                     AAFC           Decision                                         flock testing, -.
                           conditions.                                     Generic    Accreditation  95/388/EC                                        lepto treatment
                                                                           conditions Program                                                         and mycoplasma
                                                                                                                                                      testing of - •,
                                                                                                                                                      donors. Provide
                                                                                                                                                      details of team.
                                                                                                                                                      approval 'system
                                                                                                                                                      for small
                                                                                                                                                      ruminants.
 - Pigs         Directives H of A Act     2       Raw - Approved countries                           Directive..    3
                92/118,    and Regs.      E       need cert. Unapproved                              92/118
                72/461,    Seo 40-52.             require disinfection.
                72/462                                                                                                                                                 '..'*
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  -Animal/Public EC               Canadian        (Cat)                                   Canadian        EC            (Cat)
  Health         Standards        Standards                                               Standards      Standards
j G. MEAT PRODUCTS AND OTHER PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN                                                       • . .                     • .          I                  '
  Public Health  Directive       Meat                                                    Meat            Directive                                        EC to examine
                 64/433          Inspection                                              Inspection      72/462                                           Canadian
                                 Act & Regs.                                             Act & Regs.                                                      submission . on
                 Directive       Food and                                                Food &                                                           BSE status
                                                                                                         Directive
                 77/99           Drugs Act &                                             Drugs Act &
1.                               Regs.                                                   Regs.           92/118
                 Directive       Consumer                                                Consumer        Decision
                 71/118          Packaging &                                             Packaging &     97/534/EC                                                   •
                                 Labelling                                               Labelling                                                              i
                 Directive       Act & Regs,                                             Act & Regs,                                                            \
                 91/495          (if packaged                                            (if packaged ,
                                 for retail                                              for retail
                 Directive       sale).                                                  sale).
                 92/45           Cenada                                                  Canada
                                 Agricultural                                            Agricultural
                                 Products Act                                            Products Act
                                 & Livestock                                             & Livestock
                                 Carcass                                   -             Carcass
                                Grading                                                  Grading
                                 Regs, (if                                               Regs, (if
                                beef)                                                    beef)
                                Canada                                                   Canada                                                               •    -       • ' ' ! ' '
                                 Agricultural                                            Agricultural
                                 Products Act                                            Products Act
                                 & Processed                                             & Processed
                                                                                                                                                                         •    i
                                 Poultry Regs                                            Poultry Regs
                                 (if carcass                                             (if carcass
1                               form)                                                    form)
                                                                                                        *          ...                                                    >
?/
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   -Species           Trade Conditions       Equiv.  Special Conditions           Actions       Trade Conditions        Equiv.      Special Conditions          Actions
           i
                                 t
  -Animal/Public EC            Canadian      (Cat)                                        Canadian       EC .           (Cat)
  Health         Standards     Standards                                                  Standards      Standards
  6. MEAT PRODUCTS AND OTHER PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN
   Veterinary                                yes (1)                                                                    yes (2)     Veterinary        presence  Compliance but
                                                                                                                                    during production           should                 be
   presence
                                                                                                                                                                reconsidered
                                                                                                                                                                When HACCP; is
                                                                                                                                                                introduced
  Veterinary                                 yes(1)  assinstant can preselect                                           yes (2)     vet has to do 100% ante-    Compliance             by
                                                     animals for vet inspection                                                     mortem                      Cenada                   at
  ante mortem
                                                                                                                                                                present
   Facility                                  yes (2)                                                                    yes (2)
                                                                                                                                                                         " . • ' • •   • '
  requirements
  Effluents                                          separation of waste water                                                      separation not required     Canada prepared
                                                     and      other     effluents             -                                                                 to                 accept
                                                     necessary      to    prevent                                                                               equivalent
                                                     backflow contamination                                                                                     safeguards
                                                                                                                                                                       \
                                                     showers recommended but                                                        hand wash facilities not to EU to consider
                                                     not required in cutting and                                                    be hand operated and to     modifyng Article
  Hand-wash
                                                     processing plants                                                        i     provide for easy access.    11 of Annex. 1
  facilities/                                                                                                                       Showers required            meanwhile             !
  showers                                                                                                                                                       Canada                   to
                                                                                                                                                                comply               .;
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                                  i
  -Animal/Public EC            Canadian      (Cat)                                              Cenadian       EC               (Cat)
  Health         Standards     Standards                                                        Standards      Standards,
 6. MEAT PRODUCTS AND OTHER PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN                                                                                  -.
                                                                                                                                                        • •
 Waste water                                           not    necessary     to    be                                                       Waste water needs to be    Compliance • ( by
                               i.                      positively ducted                                                                   positively   ducted   into Canada,               but
 removal
                                                                                                                                           covered drains             Canada wishes
                                                                                                             -                                                        to               further
                                                                                                                                                                      discuss
                                                                                                                                                                      requirement as it
                                                                                                                                                                      relates              j to
                                                                                                                                                                      slaughter floor; .
 Use of wood                                           Canada permits wooden                                                               Use of wood not permitted  Compliance           .';by
                                                       pallets in processing areas                                                         in rooms, except where     Canada
 in structure                                                                                                                              only packaged meat is
 and equipment                                                                                                                            ^handled
 Hygiene
                                                                                                  •
                                                                                                                                                                            • • ' -  '
 Standards               .                                                      •   • •
 product         •                           yes (2) , Not strictly regulated                              -*                  yes (2)     Product flow in such a     Compliance             by
                                                                                                                                           way as to assure all       Canada              •> at
 flow/cross
                                                                                                                                           hygiene requirements, e.g. present.           This
 overs and                                                                                                                                 separation . of unpacked   item          to      ' be
 counter flow                                                                                                                              fresh meat and packaged,   reassessed at a
                                                                                                                -                          meat                       future date when
                                                                                                                                                                      Canadian
                                                                                                                                                                      situation permits
                                                                                                 ..
                                                                                                                                                                      establish
                                                                                                                                                                      equivalency -' _•
?J
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   •Species           Trade Conditions       Equiv.     Special Conditions           Actions       Trade Conditions            Equiv.       Special Conditions            Actions
  •Animal/Public EC            Canadian      (Cat)                                           Canadian       EC                 (Cat)
   Health        Standards •   Standards                                                     Standards      Standards
  6, MEAT PRODUCTS AND OTHER PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN                                                                                                       I                     • . '  •  : •  "  '
  management                                                                                                                               Inter alia bacteriological    Canada system
  sanitation                                                                                                                               controls and vet service      is now' '
                                                  - -
                                                                                                                                           analysis required             equivalent ,
  program and                                                                                                                                                            subject to on site
  vet control of                                                                                                                                                         verification
                                                                                                                                                                                            •I
  it
  (bact.control)                              -                                                                                      ' ! •
I handling of                                          Not prohibited by Canadian                                 .                        Not allowed                   Compliance            hy
                                                       legislation                                                                                                       Canada
I exposed meat
I and cardboard                                                '
1 by same
1 person                                                                                                                                                                                    'i "
  protection of                                        Packaging material shall not             >                                          Packaging material must       Compliance      . by
  packaging                                            be contaminated               *•                                                    be in sealed protective       Canada              jet
                                                                                                                                           covering               during present.
  material                                                                                                                                 transportation and storage                     •'     >'•?'
I room                                                 Room temperatures not to                                                            Cutting room                   plinace by both
1 temperatures                                 .'.     exceed:                                   '              •   •  . -
                                                                                                                                           temperature not to exceed     sides at preseht.
                                 i                     Cutting room        10°C                                                                        12C               Equivalence • ..
land                                                   Holding cooler      4°C                                                             Product temperatures not      should '              be
1 temperature                                          Chilling cooler     2°C               .                                             to exceed:                    considered
1 recording                                           'Freezer             T188C                                                           Offal                3°C
                                                       Product - temperatures not                                                          Fresh meat           7°C
                                                                           to                                                              Frozen meat          -12C
      •
                                                                           exceed
                                                                           refrigera
                                                                           ted
                                                                                                                                                                                 i
                                                                           meat
                                                                           products
                                                                           4°C
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 Health         Standards       Standards                                                         Standards       Standards
 6   MEAT PRODUCTS AND OTHER PRODUCTS OF A N I M A L ORIGIN                                                                               v                    i
                Directive       Standards by   yes (1)                                                            Directive      yes (2)
                                                                                                                                                             /           Compliance       by
 water testing
                80/778/EEC      Health                      " •   '         • • '.                               80/778/EEC                                              Canada.       - ^.
                               Canada                                                                                                                                    EC(DGXI)       vjto
                                                                                                                                                                         evalute Canadian
                                                                                                                                                                         submission "•/•&/
 medical        D64/433         Meat           NE      Continuous assessment of    EC to provide Standards by    D64/433 etc     yes (2)      Initial health certificate Canada •'.     :lto
                D77/99          Inspection             health status               info    on MS .health                                      required. Follow up by     comply,       with
 certificates                                                                                                                    •   '  • / •
                D71/118         Act and                                            systems        Canada                                      Member States system       present     ". EC
                D91/495         Regulations                                                                                                                              regulation - ;.'
                D92/45
1 HACCP-.                                      NE                                                                                NE                                      Discussion
 application
?s
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           \
  -Animal/Public EC              Canadian         (Cat)                                             Canadian       EC             (Cat)
  Health' '      Standards       Standards                                                          Standards      Standards
                                                                                                 '
 6A. Fresh Meal - Specific                                                                                                                                      (              • • : . . ' .    ; '
 Animal health                                                                                                                               .-'
 -Ruminants      Directives     H of A Act        2         Requires a certificate of    Nil       No legislation Directive       3
                 64/432,        and Regs.                   origin, statement of disease                          72/462
                 72/461,        Sec 4 0 , 4 1 .             freedom.                                              Decision
                 72/462                                                                                           80/804
 - Equidae       Directives     H of A Act        2         Statement of origin, disease Nil       No legislation Directive       3
                 64/432,        and Regs.                   freedom.                                              72/462
                                                                                                                                                              r
                 72/461,        Sec 40,41.                                                                        Decision
                 72/462           i                                                                               80/804                                                                   V
 - Porcine       Directives     H of A Act        2         Statement of origin, disease Nil       No legislation Directive       3                                                          1.'.
                 64/432,        and Regs.                   freedom.           ^~                                 72/462                                                                     r:
 Animals
                 72/461,        Sec 40,41                                                                         Decision
                 72/462,                                                                                          80/804
 Public Health   Directive      Meat            , Yes (2) ' See below                              Meat           Directive       Yes (2)     See below                   EC to exemlne
                 64/433         Inspection                                                         Inspection     72/462                                                  Canadian           !,
                                Act & Regs.                                                        Act & Regs.    Decision                                                submission         on
                                Food and                                                           Food &         97/534/EC                                               BSE status
                                Drugs Act &                                                        Drugs Act &
                                Regs.                                                              Regs.
                                Consumer                                                           Consumer
                                Packaging &                                                        Packaging &
                                Labelling                                                          Labelling
                                Act & Regs,                                                        Act & Regs,
                                (if packaged                                                       (if packaged
                                for retail                                                         for retail
                                sale).                                                             sale).                                                                                     i
                                Canada                                                             Canada
                                Agricultural                                                       Agricultural
                                Products Act                                                       Products Act
                                & Livestock                                                        & Livestock
                                Carcass                                                            Carcass
                                Grading                                                            Grading
                                Regs, (if                                                          Regs, (if
                                beef)                                                              beef)
                          -                                                                                                                 • • • il ll : ^.i—I„L,. r-r-1
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                                    i
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   Health          Standards      Standards                                                       Standards     Standards
j 6A. Fresh Meat - Specific                                                                     '  .                                                     ' !  .               • " ' • ' .
                                                                                                                                                                                N
  Definition and Prohibitions
                                                       --                                                                                                                        .:     !'
  Young animals                                           No export of meat from                               *                           No . export of meat from   Compliance        by
                                                          animals under two weeks                                                         too young animals           both - parties,
                                                                                                                                                                      pending change
                                                                                                                                                                      in     ' Canadian
                                                                                                                                                                      legislation
  Mechanically                                            Canada allows mechanically                                                      Deletion * no imports       Compliance        by
                                                          recovered meat                                                                  possible at present time    Canada, pending
  recovered
                                                          fresh/frozen under defined                                                                                  possible changes
  meat                                                    conditions .                                                                                                in EU legislation
  Irradiation                                             Irradiation not forbidden but                                                *  Fresh meat      not   to be Compliance        by
                                                 •        unacceptable to consumers                                                       irradiated                  Canada until _ a
                                                          at present                                                                                                  change in EU
                                                                                                                                                                      legislation
  Hormones etc,                                           Use not forbidden                                                               Use forbidden               Compliance        by
                                                                                                                                                                      Canada.       Under
  tenderizers
                                                                                                                                                                      WTO
                                                                                                                                                                      consideration at
                                                                                                                                                                      present time
  salmonella                                              No special health guarantee                                                     special          guarantees Compliance        by .
                                             i            required at present time                                                        required for Sweden and     Canada - -
                                                                                                                                          Finland
&
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    •
  •Species               Trade Conditions       Equiv.   Special Conditions            Actions       Trade Conditions        Equiv.      Special Conditions         Actions
  •Animal/Public  EC              Canadian      (Cat)                                          Canadian       EC             (Cat)
  Health          Standards       Standards                                                    Standards      Standards
1 6A. Fresh Meat - Specific                      •                                                 -                                                     i
 .Establishment Criteria
   - suspect                                             Strict     segregation . is                                                     Required                   Canada
                                             •           necessary,       but      not                                                                              requests EU to
   pens                                                                                                                                                             consider
                                                         separate drainage for sick
                                                         or    supect    animals is                                                                                 amending
                                                         required                                                                                                   requirement in
                                                                                                                                                                    view of enimaf
                                                                                                                                                                 ... heelth situation
  - room for vet                                         No requirements       for   a                                                   Required                   Canada
                                                         separate office                                                                                            requests EU to
  service in                                                                                                                                                        consider
  cutting plants                                                                                                                                                    amending
                                                                                                                              -                                     requirement
                                                                                                                                                                    where there is
                                                                                                                                                                    no     permanent
                                                                                                                                                                    veterinary
                                                                                                                                                                    service
                                                                                                                                                                    presence
  - Equine meat                                          Equine meat has to be                                                           No separation necessary    Not strictly 'a
                                                         totally   separated     from                                                    from other meat fit for    DG VI issue.
                                                         other < meat at all times-                                                      human consuption           Canada      would
                                                         (adulteration):                                                                                            be prepared to
                                                                                                                                                                    accept - specific
                                                       %
                                                                                                                                                                    instruction    for
                                                                                                                                                                    certification. •'
  - hide-on veal                                         permitted                                                                       Not permitted              Compliance     fbr
                                                                                                                                                                    export
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   •Animal/Public    EC            Canadian      (Cat)                                        Canadian      EC             (Cat)
   Health            Standards     Standards                                                  Standards     Standards
1 6A. Fresh Meal - Specific                                                                                                                              i
   Meat inspection / veterinary ssupervision
   • POST MORTEM INSPECTION
    * incision                                           certain incisions can be                     -                                Not allowed                  Compliance
                                                         made by workers                                                                                            (discussion)
 . •                                                     Only one masseter external                                                    Two       external      cuts Compliance by
                                                         cut and one internal cut                                                      required                     Cenada           at
  Cysticercosis
                                                                                                                                                                    present . time,
  cuts                                                                                                                                                              pending         ]
                                                                                                                                                                    conclusion       of
                                                                                                                                                                    Canadian study
    * Pig heart                                          No      incision   routinely                                                  Inter-ventricular    septum  Canad            to
                                                         required                                                                      cut.required (heart to be     request EU to
   incision
                                                                                                                                       incised)                     review .
                                                                                                                                                                    requirements
                                                                                                                                                                    based on animal
                                                                                                                                                                    health- status of
                                                                                                                                                                    Canada
  • glanders                                             Splitting    of. head    not                                                  Required                     Compliance by
                                                         required                                                                                                   cenada      . . '.
                                                                                                                                                                    Canada          to
                                                                                                                                                                    request          ja
                                                                                                                                                                    derogation,
                                                                                                            i                                                       based         . on
                                                                                                                                                                    disease freedom
   * liver.                                               Only longitodinal incision                                                   Incision    at    base    of Complianoe by
                                                         of hepatic ducts required                                                     caudate lobe required        Canada,
  incisions
                                                                                                                                                                    pending
                                                                                                                                                                    outcome          of
                                                                                                                                                                    Canadian study.
                                                                                                                                                                    Eventually
                                                                                                                                                                    Canadian
                                                                                                                                            i1                  • 1 request
. - f   wii/nn
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                                                     Special Conditions     Actions      Trade Conditions        Equiv.      Special Conditions        Actions
                                                                                    Canadian      EC             (Cat)
                                                                                    Standards     Standards
 6A. Fresh Meat - Specific                        -                                                                                          1
                                                                                                                                                                  . \
                                                             • •   .
  Meat inspection/ veterinary supervision
  * trichina                                          Not required                                                           Required  for   export of Compliance by
                                                                                                                             meat                      Canada
 testing of
 horse meat
 and pigmeat
                                                                                                                                                                   1'
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  •Animal/Public  EC              Canadian         (Cat)                                                      Canadian         EC                 (Cat)
  Health          Standards       Standards                                                                   Standards        Standards
j 6A. Fresh Meat - Specific
                                                                                                                                  : •         • •  • •          -       •     -          -     •  .   .             ^
  MEAT HANDLING PROCEDURES
  - Stockinettes                                             Permitted as sole wrapping                                     *                               Not' be used as sole           Compliance           by
                                                             material •                                                                                     wrapping ' or packaging        Canada
                                                                                                                                                            material
  - Shrouds                            .- -                  Not prohibited by Canadian                                                                     Not to        be    used    on Compliance by-
                                                              legislation                                                                                  -carcases                       Canada .. - i .
  7, Poultry Meat
                  Directives      H of A Act       2         Statement or origin,                            No                Directive          Yes(3)                                   Extend rules to
  Animal health
                  91/494 .        and Regs.                  disease freedom.                                legislation       91/494                                                      all            species |
                  Decision       -Sec 4 0 , 4 1 .                                                                              93/342                                                      (ratites etc.)
                  94/438                                                                                                       94/984                                                                       • . . -. •
                  Directive        Meat            Yes (2)   - Vet PM                     Complience      by   Meat            Directive         Yes (2)    - Vet PM                       Compliance            by
  Public health
                  71/118          Inspection                                              EC.        Further Inspection        71/118                                                      Canada. Further
                                 Act & Regs.                 HORIZONTAL ISSUES            discussion         Act & Regs.       Decision                                                    discussion         •'
                                  'Food and                                               following on site   * Food and       96/712                                                      following on site
                                 Drugs Act &               V                              verification       Drugs Act &                                                                   verification
                                 Regs.                                                                       Regs.                                                                         Compliance          by
                                 Consumer                                                                    Consumer                     •                                                Cenada              '
                                 Packaging                                                                   Packaging                                      - Counter-flow chiller         Compliance <• by
                                 and Labelling                                                               and Labelling                                                                 Canada. Further
                                 Act & Regs,                                                                 Act & Regs,      *                             - Final decontamination        discussion: EC
           i                     (if packaged                                                                (if packaged                                   (chlorination, irradiation)    (DGXI) to define
                                 for retail                                                                  for retail                                                                    "hyperclorinatio
                                 sale).                                                                      sale)                                                                         n", Canada to
                                 Canada                                                                      Canada                                                                        send trial on
                                 Agricultural                                                                Agricultural                                                                  TSP          ,      ;
                                 Products Act                                                                Products Act
                                                                                        1
                                 &                                                                           & Processed                 •
                                 Processed.                                                                  Poultry Regs                                                                           ,          i ;
                                 Poultry Regs                                                                (if In carcass                                Horizontal Issues
                                 (if in carcass                                                              form)
                                                                                                                                                                  i
                                 form).
•  M n
Mr
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                                      i                                                                                                                                        V
j -Animal/Public   EC             Canadian             (Cat)                                           Canadian         EC              (Cat)
J Health           Standards      Standards                                                            Standards        Standards                                                    i"           •
| 8 . Meat Products                                                                                                                                                 I
1 Animal health
                  Directives     H o f A Act and       2       Statement of origin, disease -         No legislation   Directive       3
  - Red Meat                     Regs. Sec 4 0 ,
                  64/432,                                      freedom.                                                72/462
  (ruminants/                    41.                                                                                                                                                  l"
                  72/461,                                                                                              Decision
  horses)         72/462,                                                                                              91/449
                  80/215                                                                                               Decisions
                                                                                                                       97/231
                                                                                                                       97/232
                  Directives     H of A Act and        2       Statement of origin, disease           No legislation   Directive
  - Piss •                       Regs, Sec 4 0 , 4 1 .
                                                                                                                                       3
                  64/432,                                      freedom.                                                72/462
                  72/461,                                                                                              Decision
                  72/462,                                                                                              91/449
                  80/215                                                                                               Decisions
                                                                                                                       97/231 •
                                                                                                                                                                                    . • • " • ' •
                                                                                                                       97/232
  -Poultry        Directives     H of A Act and        2       Statement of origin, disease           No legislation   Directive       3
                  92/118,        Reg*. Sec 4 0 . 4 1 .
                                                               freedom.                                                92/118
                                                                                                                                                                                         !
                  72/462,                                                                                              Decisions
                  80/215,                                                                                              97/231
                  94/438
                                                                                                                       97/232
  •Wild Game      Directives     H of A Act and        2       Statement of origin, disease           No legislation   Directive-      3
                                 Regs. Sec 4 0 , 4 1 .
                  92/495,                                      freedom                                                 92/495,92/4
  and farmed                        i                                                                                                                                                     • •
                  92/45                                                                                                5
  game                                                                                                                 Decisions
                                                                                                                       97/231                                         -
                                                                                                                       97/232
                  Directive      Meat Inspection       Yes (2) HORIZONTAL ISSUES                      Meat Inspection  Directive       Y«a (2)
  Public Health                  Act & Rege.                                                          Act & Regs.
                                                                                                                                                 "HORIZONTAL ISSUES      EC to examine
                  77/99                                                                                                77/99,                                            Canadian
                                 Food and Drugs                                                       Food and Drugs
                                 Act & Regs.                                                          Act & Regs.      92/118 .                                          submission         on
                                 Consumer                                                             Consumer         Decision                                          BSE status       ;
                                 Packaging and                                                        Packaging and    97/41/EC
                                 Labelling                                                            Labelling                                         I1
                                 Act & Regs, (if                                                      Aot & Regs. (If  Decision
                                 packaged for                                                         pkgd. for retail 97/534/EC
                                 retail sale)                                                         sale)
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    -Species              Trade Conditions         Equiv.   Special Conditions           Actions                 Trade Conditions          ' Equiv.    Special Conditions
    -Ànimel/Public EC              Canadian        (Cat)                                                   Canadian        EC               (Cat)
    Health         Standards       Standards                                                               Standards        Standards
   9. Farmed Game Meat                                                                                                                                                 I
                                                                                                                                                         - •                          \
   Animal health                       % •
                                                                                                                                                                                             i-
I - Deer *         Directives     H of A Act       2       Statement of origin, disease Nil               No legislation   Directive       3
II          '      72/461,        and Regs.                freedom.                                                        92/118,                                                           >;-
                   92/118         Seo 40 4 1 .                                                                             91/495
j - 'Rabbit        91/495                                                                                                  Decisions                      •                                  i
                                                                                                                           97/219/EC v
   - Porcine       Directives .   H of A Act       2       Statement of origin, disease Nil               No legislation   Directive       3                                                  r "•
                   72/461,        and Regs.                freedom.                                                        92/118 '•
                   92/118,        Sec 40, 4 1 .                                                                            Decisions
                   91/495                                                                                                  97/219/EC
   - Feathered     Directives     H of A Act       2       Statement of origin, disease Nil               No legislation   Directive       3
                   92/118         and Regs.                freedom.                                                        92/118
                   72/462         Sec 40. 4 1 .                                                                            Decisions
                   80/215                                                                                                  97/219/EC
                   94/438                                                                                                                                                                     :     •
                                                                                                                                                                                               •i.    '
   Public Health   Directive       Meat            Yes (2) Some bird species not Compliance           by Meat              Directive       Yes (2)    Canada to meet provisions Compliance        by
                   91/495         Inspection               permitted                    EC. EC to specify Inspection •     91/495                     of Directive 91/495/EEC   Canada . at    the
                                  Act & Regs.'                                          additional   wild Act & Regs.                          1                                present time
                                                                                                                           Decision
                                  Food and                 Prolonged            delayed birds    .to  be Food and                                     Rabbits: decapitation not       ,      ;j
                                                                                                                           97/219/EC
                                  Drugs Act &              evisceration not permitted   included          Drugs Act &                                 permitted                 Compliance         by
                                  Regs.                              ,.                 -.                Regs.                                                                 Cenada
                                  Consumer                 HORIZONTAL ISSUES            Compliance    by Consumer'                                    HORIZONTAL ISSUES
                                                                                                                                                                                               ;,
                                  Packaging                                             EC                Packaging
                                  and Labelling                                                           and Labelling
                                  Act & Regs. .                                                           Act & Regs.                                                                          !
                                  (if packaged                                              -             (if packaged                                                                         i
           •                      for retail sale)                                                        for retail sale)       • *              ' •
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                                            ..i
     •Animal/Public        EC              Canadian          (Cat)                                                     Canadian         EC              (Cat)                                                              H
     Health                Standards       Standards                                                                   Standards        Standards
   10. Wild Game Meat"                                                                                                                                            . ,                1  %
                                                                                                                                                                                                               • ' • ' • '
                                                                                                                                                                       /                                   >'_ . I
  Animal health         |                                                        '
   - Deer               8 Directive      H of A Act         2       Statement of origin, disease  Nil                 No legislation   Directive       3                                                            ,' i
                        I 92/45           and Regs.                 freedom.                                                           92/45, '
          • .                             Sec 4 0 , 4 1 .                                                                              Decision
  - Rabbit                                                           '."'•.                      •.'   •    '  r                       97/218/EC
             i
  - Porcine               Directive       H o f A Act       2       Statement of origin, disease Nil                  No legislation   Directive       3                                  - .        \
                          92/45          and Regs.                  freedom                                                            92/45,
      i                                  Sec 40. 4 1 .                                                                                 Decision
      i                                                                                                                                97/220/EC                                                              - : r. '
  - Feathered             Directive      H of A Act         2       Statement of origin, disease Nil                  No legislation   Directive'      3
                          92/45          and Regs.                  freedom                                                            92/45,
                                         Sec 4 0 . 4 1 . -                                                                             Decision                                                           " . . 'I
      i                                                                                                                                97/218/EC
1 Public Health           Directive      Meat               N.E.    Presently prohibited except EC to         specify Meat             Directive       N.E.                                   Canada -         .to
i  i
                          92/45          Inspection                 for caribou, rendear and additional          wild Inspection       92/45 .                                                provide • special
                                         Act & Regs.                muskox .      .              birds     to     be  A c t & Regs.    Decisions                                              conditions • !:
                                         Food and                    .- •                        included             Food and
                                         Drugs Act &                HORIZONTAL ISSUES                                 Drugs Act &      97/218/EC                                                                      •r
                      ,
                                         Regs.                                                   Canada            to Regs.            97/220/EC
                    .                    Consumer                                                consider             Consumer                                                                                       <
                                         Packaging                                               amending             Packaging                                                                              • • '
                                         and Labelling                                           legislation          and Labelling                           ,
                                         Act & Regs.                                                                  Act & Regs.
                                         (if packaged                                                                                                           1
                                                                                                                      (if packaged                                       ,
                                         for retail sale)                                                             for retail sale)
                                                                                                                                                                   '
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    -Species                 Trade Conditions         Equiv.    Special Conditions           Actions        Trade Conditions        Equiv.             Special Conditions Actions                I
                                           i
 I -Animal/Public     EC                Canadian      (Cat)                                           Canadian       EC             (Cat)                                               '•••/• • 1
 | Health             Standards         Standards                                                     Standards      Standards
    11. Fisheries Products for human consumption                                                                                                              '        i                         |
      i.      '•
   Animal health                                                                                     ;                          s
                                                                                                                                                                               • •-,. " j
    Live Aquaculture
    animals and
                      Directive
                      91/67
                                       Fish Health
                                       Protection
                                                      NE       All shipments must be
                                                               accompanied by a Health
                                                                                                     Fish Health
                                                                                                     Protection
                                                                                                                    Directive
                                                                                                                    91/67/EEC
                                                                                                                                    NE                      -.
                                                                                                                                                                                      .
                                                                                                                                                                                          'I     I
    Aquaculture                        Regulations             Certificate issued by an              Regulations              ,                                                        •: I
    Products destined                . made under              approved Government                   made under                                                                                 I
    for human                          the Fisheries           body.                                 the Fisheries
   consumption or                      Act, R.S.C.             All live, and dead,                   Act, R.S.C.                                                                          ;•'. 11
   aquaculture.                        1985.C.F-12            .uneviscerated salmonids,               1985, c.F-12
                                                               for aquaculture or human                                                                                    • . ;•;• 3
   a) Dead evisce-                                    Yes (2)  consumption, must be                                                 Yes(2)
   rated fish for                                              accompanied by an
   human                                                       approved Fish Health
   consumption                                                 Certificate issued by an
                                                                                                                                                                                  I         -
   b) Dead non                                                 approved Government
                                        i
   eviscerated                                        NE       body.                                                                NE                     '                     \        •
   products for                                                                          • '
                                                                                                                                                                               ..          i !
   human                                                                                                                             • -
                                                                                                                                                                                           i
   consumption        ••                                                     •                                                             • . .
                                                                                                                                                                                           ,-
   c) Live fish eggs                                                                    . '
   for aquaculture                                                                                                                               . . .   •
                                                                                                                                                                                          ...
  d) Live fish for                                    NE                                                                            NE                                              -
   aquaculture
   (include finfish,
   molluscs,                                                                                                                        NE                                                     i.
                                                      NE
   crustacea arid                                                                                                                                                                          :.
   other invertebetes                                                                                  *                                  '•* •'
                                                                                                                                                                                         r
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  Health            Standards      Standards                                                                        Standards      Standards
  11. Fisheries Products for human consumption                                                                                             • ' -            '                   '                        . '   • ;
  Pgblic Health                                                                                                                                                                                              •;
                   Directive      Fish             Yes (2) All shipments must be accompanied     To establish an   Fish           Directive       Yes (2)     All shipments must be        To establish an
 - Fish and
                   91/493                                  by a Certificate issued by an         electronic                       91/493                      eccompanied by a             electronic
                                  Inspection                                                                       Inspection
 fishery                                                   approved Gov. body.
                   amended by     Regulations              Supply a list of approved EU
                                                                                                 management of     Regulations    amended by                  Certificate issued by an     management of
 products for      Directive      made under               member state processing plants.       the lists of      made under     Directive                   approved Gov. body.          the lists of
 Human             95/71/EC, .    the Fish                 Products must be labelled with the    approved          the fish       95/71/Ep,                   Supply a list of approved    approved
                   Directive      Inspection               approved EU number, as per EC         establishments in                Directive .                 Cdn. processing plants.      establishments in
 consumption.                                                                                                      Inspection
                                                           Directive 91/493/EEC.
                   92/48/EEC      Atet, R.S;C;             Products must meet the                order to insure   Act, R.S.C,    92/48/EEC                   For identification purposes, order to Insure',
                •  and            1985c.F-14               microbiological guidelines as defined their immediate   I985, c.F-14   and                         products should bear the     their immediate           j
                   Decisions of                            by the Cdn. Bacteriological           up dating                        Decisions of                Cdn. registration number     up dating                 j
                                                           Guidelines for Fish & Fish Products.
                   application    Food & Drugs                                                                                    application                 of the production facility,
                                                           Products must meet the Cdn.
                                  Act end                  Guidelines for Chem-ical                                               Directive                   in accordance with
                                  Regulations              Contaminants in Fish and Fish                                          79/112/EEC                  Chapter VII of the appendix
                                                           Products, ind. mercury at 0.5 ppm                                                                  to Dir. 91/493/EEC
                                                           measured as total mercury (except
                                  Consumer                                                                                                                    amended.
                                                           for awordfish), Dioxin at 2 0 ppt,
                                  Packaging                PCBs at 2.0 ppm, DDT and                                                                           Pending amendment to the
                                  and Labelling            metabolites at 5 . 0 ppm and other                                                                 Fish inspection Reg., all
                                  Regulations              agricultural chemicals or their       Review existing                                              processing plants must                               i
                                                           derivatives at 0.1 ppm.                                                                                                                              i
                                  (if packaged                                                   contaminants                                        •   ••   have automatic temper-
                                  for retail sale)                                               levels to'assess                                             ature recorders in frozen              i           :
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   :
                                                           Smoked fish packed in                 equivalency                                                  fish storage areas and non-
                                                           hermetically sealed                                                                                hand operated wash-basins
                                                           containers must be frozen                                                                          in processing areas.
                                                           or contain a salt level not                                                                        Cooked shellfish must
                                                           less than 9 % (water phase                                                                         meet the microbiological                          r
                                                           method)                                                                                            standards established in                             i
                                                                                                                                                                                                   :
                                                           Aquaculture products must                                                                          Decision 93/51/EEC                      ' '        i'
                                                           meet the Cdn. guide-lines                                                                          Aquaculture products must
                                                           for therapeutant use.                                                                              meet the maximum residue
                                                                                                                                                              levels as prescribed by
                                                                                                                                                              Council Regulation
                                                                                                                                                              3277/90.
                                                                                                                                                              All shipments of live
                                                                                                                                                              lobsters and eels must
                                                                                                                                                              meet the requirements for
                                                                                                                                                              Export under the
                                                                                                                                                              "Canadian Live Fish
                                                                                                                                                              Certification Protocol".
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   Health         Standards        Standards                                                              Standards       Standards
J11. Fisheries Products for human consumption                                                           '
                                                                                                                                          • .'                  ' •    '                          '       I''
  •Live Bivalve   Directive       Fjsh       . . Yes (2)  All shipments must be                          Fish                              Yes(2)    All shipments must be            Evaluate          tjhe
                  91/492          Inspection             accompanied by a                                Inspection       Dir.91/492/E               accompanied          by       a  equivalency          of
  Molluscs for
                                  Regulations            Certificate Issued by an                        Regulations      EC as                 ..   Certificate issued by an         bacteriological ;•
  Human                           made under             approved Government                             made under       amended by                 approved         Government      quality based on
I consumption,                    the Fish               body.                                           the Fish         Dir.97/61/EC               body.                            growing waters
I including                       Inspection             The original harvest site                       Inspection       Decision                   The original harvest site        vs shellfish flesh.
                                  Act, R.S.C,            must be Within an EU                            Act, R.S.C,      96/33/EC                   must be within Canada.
I echinoderms,                                                                                                                                       Product must be destined                             i
                                   1985 c.F-14            Member State.                                  1985 c.F-14.
  tunicates and                                          Supply a list of approved'  To establish an                                                 for.      direct       Human             .
  marine                          Food &                  EU member state .          electronic          Manage-                                   ' consumption and not for                               •;.
 gastropods.                      Drugs Act
                                  and
                                                         expedition centers.
                                                          Product must be destined
                                                                                     management of
                                                                                     the     lists : of
                                                                                                         ment of
                                                                                                         Conta-
                                                                                                                                                     wet storage, relaying or
                                                                                                                                                     depuration in EU.                To establish" an |
                                                                                                                                                                                                           'I
                                  Reguletions            for direct Human            approved            minated                    • - •            Supply a list of. approved       electronic           j [
                                                          consumption and not for    dispatch centers    Fisheries                                   Canadian          processing     menegement of j
                                                          wet storage, relaying or ' in order to insure .Regulations                                 plants.                          the     lists         of
           •                                             depuration in Canada.       their imediate up   made under                                  Labelling on each bag or         approved            j . 1
                                                         Labelling on each bag or'   dating.             the Fisheries                               container must be marked         expedition
                                                         container must include the  •-                  Act, R.S.C                                  with the name of the             centers in order
                                                         common name of the v                             1985, c.F-12                               shipping      country,      the  toi insure their
                                                         shellfish, date and area of                                                                 species       of      shellfish  imediate            up j
                                                          harvest, name, address and                                                                 (common and scientific           dating                     1
                                                          registration number of the                                                                 names),       the       official                            fi
                                                         •Dispatch Center.                                                                           registration           number                ' ' '   i
                                                          Products must meet the                                                                     identifying the dispatch
                                                         microbiological guidelines                                                                  center and the packing                               ;
                                                          as defined by the Canadian                                    ,                            date.                                                j    '
                                                          Bacteriological Guidelines                                                                 Products must meet the                                      1
                                                         for Fish & Fish Products.                                                                   microbiological             and                      :
                                                                                                                                                                                              l       .
                                                          Products must meet the                                                                     toxicological       standards
                                                          Canadian Guidelines for                                                                    established in chapter V of              \ -
                                                         Chemical Contaminants in    Review of levels                                                the appendix to Directive
                                                          Fish and Fish Products,    of contaminants                                                '91/492/EEC
                                                         including mercury, Dioxin,  in     order    to                                                                      ,'
                                                          PCBs, DDT and other        assess
                                                         agricultural chemicals and  equivalency                                                                                                           ;'
                                                         their derivative                      •                                                                                         1   • 11 1 3 = « J C
*n
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  Health         I Standards       Standards                                                     Standards     Standards
    1
                                                                                                              r i                          •
                                                                                                                                                                                        f.. •_
 13. Milk and Milk Products for human consumption                                                                                 •  •                           !
 Animal health                                                                                                                                                                          '
                                                                                                                                                                             -
                   Directive                                                                    Nil                                                                     Canada requests.
 - Cattle                         H of A Act     2                                                             Directive       2          Not restricted if in final
 including         64/432,        and Regs..             Hard and soft cheese not             -                92/46                      packaging, if in bulk must    that EU review:.     1
                   92/46          Sec 34.                regulated.                                            Decisions              i • be end use certified as not   clinicel health ••   |
 buffalo                                                 If the* cheese pours it must           •             95/343                      for livestock feed end to     and stage of        1
                                                         be certified as from a                                97/115                     have originated in a          lactation            1
 - Sheep                                       i
                                                         country free from FMD.                                Decision                   country free from F M D .     requirements :      1
                                                                                                               97/534/EC
 - Goats                                                                                                                                  All shipments must be
                                                                                                                                          accompanied by a properly
                                                                                                                                          completed certificate as
                                                                                                                                          laid d o w n in decision
                                                                                                                                          9 5 / 3 4 5 / E C modified by
                                                                                                                                          decision 9 7 / 1 1 5 / E C
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  Health           Standards      Standards                                                                Standards       Standards
  13. Milk and Milk Products for human consumption
                                                                                                                                                                      '-
                                                                                                           ' /                                       •:
  Public Health
                                                                                                                                                                                              '
  - Pasteurized   Directive       H of A Act       Yes (3) Import Declaration is       Joint assessment   Food and         Directive      Yes (3)     All shipments must be    HACCP System I
                  92/46           and Regs.                prepared by importer        of laboratories to Drugs Act        92/46/EC                  accompanied by a properly to             be |
                                  Sec 34.                  (Canada) and presented to   be completed       and      .       Decision                  completed certificate as  implemented by H
                                                           Customs on shipment's                          Regulations      95/343/EC                 laid down in decision     01/01/98        ;  1
                                  Food and                 arrival.                                       (Section         modified by               95/343/EC modified by
                                  Drugs Act                                                               B008)                                      decision 97/115/EC        Canada         ito 8
                                                                                                                           decision
                                  and                      Products must meet the                         - Canada                                                             provide National 1
                                                                                                                           97/1-15/EC
                                  Regulations              microbiological criteria as                    Agricultural                                                         Dairy Code when
                                  (Section                 set put in the Food and                        Products Act                                                         finalized'
                                  B008)                    Drugs Regulations and                          and. Dairy                                                           Joint assessment
                                 - Canada        '         Dairy Products Regulations.                    Product                                                              of laboratories to 1
                                  Agricultural                                                            Regulations                                                          be completed r 1
                                  Products Act             Products must meet all                         -Consumer
                                  and Dairy          •     labelling, net quantity and                    Packaging
                                  Product                  composition requirements,                      and Labelling
                                  Regulations              including additives.                           Act and
                                  - Consumer                                                              RegUletions
                                  Packaging                                                               (if packaged
                                  and Labelling                                                           for retail
                                  Act and                                                                 sale)
                                  Regulations
                                  (if packaged                                                                           1
                                  for retail
                                  sale)
iff
 AC   4/17/QA
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 Health           Standards     Standards                                                                    Standards      Standards
                                                                                                                                                                                                   '
 13. Milk and Milk Products for human consumption                                                                                                          '            I                      •••'••; • •
          •      Directive      H of A Act       Yes(3)   Import Declaration Is         Joint assessment    Food and        Directive      Yes (3)     All shipments must be     HACCP system
                 92/46          and Regs.                 prepared by importer        , of laboratories to  Drugs Act       92/46/EC                   accompanied by a properly to                 be
 - Not                          Sec 34.                   (Canada) and presented to     be completed        and .           Decision                   completed certificate as  implemented by
 Pasteurized                                              Customs on shipment's -                           Regulations     95/343/EC
                                                                                                                                                   •
                                                                                                                                                       laid down in decision     01/01/98
 (thermised                     Food and                  arrival.                                          (Section        modified by                95/345/EC modified by
                                                                                                                                                                                 Canada            ;to j
                                Drugs Act                                                                   B008)          decision                    decision 97/11 5/EC
 only)                                                    Products must meet the                                                                                                 provide National
                                and                                                                         - Canada        97/115/EC
                                Regulations               microbiological criteria as                       Agricultural                                                         Dairy Code when
                                (Section                  set out in the Food and                           Products Act                                                         finalized
                                BO08)                     Drugs Regulations and                             and Dairy                                                            Joint assessment
                                - Canada           ,      Dairy Products Regulations.                       Product                                                              of laboratories to
                                Agricultural                                                                Regulations                                                          be completed
                                Products Act              Products must meet all                            - Consumer
                                and Dairy                 labelling, net quantity and .                     Packaging
                                Product                   composition requirements,                         and Labelling
                                Regulations             , including additives.                              Act and
                                - Consumer                                                                  Regulations
                                Packaging                 Only cheeses ripened for at                       (if packaged
                                and Labelling             least, sixty days at greater                     .for retail
                                Act and                   than, two degrees Celsius                         sale)
                                Regulations               can be made from not                    •                                                                                              *.
                                (if packaged '     •      pasteurized (thermised
                                for retail                only) milk.
                                sale)
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$ Health           Standards      Standards                                                               Standards      Standards
 '13. Milk and Milk Products for human consumption
{ - ftaw Milk     Directive       H of A Act      Yes (3) Import Declaration is       Joint assessment   Food and       Directive       Yes (3)    All shipments must be     HACCP system
 *                92/46          and Regs.                prepared by importer        of laboratories to Drugs Act      92/46/EC                   accompanied by a properly to             be
            •                    Sec 34.                  (Canada) and presented to   be completed       and            Decision                   completed certificate as  implemented by
                                 Food and                 Customs on shipment's               -          Regulations    95/343/EC                  laid down in decision     01/01/98
                                  Drugs Act               arrival.                                       (Section       modified by                95/345/EC modified by
                                 and                                                                     B008)          decision                   decision 97/115/EC        Canada          to
                                  Regulations             Products must meet the                                                                                             provide National
f                                (Section                 microbiological criteria as
                                                                                                         - Canada
                                                                                                         Agricultural
                                                                                                                        97/115/EC
                                                                                                                                                                             Dairy Code when
j •'
     ,                           B008)                    set out in the Food and                        Products Act                                                        finalized
                                 • Canada.                Drugs Regulations and                          and Dairy                                                           Joint essessmont
i
     i                           Agricultural
                                 Products Act
                                                          Dairy Products Regulations.                    Product
                                                                                                         Regulations
                                                                                                                                                                             of laboratories to
i
                                                                                                                                                                             be completed
                                 and Dairy                Products must meet all                         - Consumer
                                 Product                  labelling, net quantity and                    Packaging
                                 Regulations              composition requirements,                      and Labelling
               •                 • Consumer               including additives.                           Act and
                                 Packaging                                                               Regulations
                                 and Labelling            Only cheeses ripened for at                    (if packaged
                                 Act and'                 least sixty days at greater                    for retail
                                 Regulations              than two degrees celsius                       sale)
                                 (if packaged             can be made from raw
                                 for retail               milk.
                                 sale)
 $7
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   Health           Standards     Standards                                                 Standards     Standards
  14. Milk and Milk Based Products not for human consumption                .                                                                           '
  Animal health                                                                                                                                                             *
  -Cattle         Directives     H of A Act     2       No restriction if indicated         >            Directive       2          Not restricted if in final            •
                  92/118,        and Regs.              for human consumption.                           92/118,                    packaging, if in bulk must
  including                                                                                              Decision
                  64/432         Sec 34.                                                                                            be end U8e certified as not
  buffalo                                                                                                95/341                     for livestock feed
                                                                                                         Decision
  - Sheep                                                                                                95/342/EC
  - Goats
                                                                                                                                                  -
 All pasteurised
                                                 %
 orUHTor
| Sterilised                                          S
(-Un-             Directives     H of A Act     2       No restriction if indicated                      Directive.      4
                  92/118         and Regs.              for human consumption.                           92/118
  pasteurized
                                 Sec 34.                                                                                                                                :     ;
 colostrum for
 pharmaceu-
 tical use
  Public Health   .                                                                                                         -                                                  .
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    i
   -Species              Trade Conditions         Equiv.      Special Conditions       Actions               Trade Conditions          Equiv.     Special Conditions        Actions
                                     i
   -Animal/Public  EC             Canadian         (Cat)                                              Canadian        EC               (Cat)
   Health ,       Standards       Standards                                                           Standards       Standards
  15. Minced Meat                                                                                                                                                 '
  Animal health                                                                                       /
  -Ruminants      Directives     H of A Act       3          As defined in the Meat                  Nil             Directive        3
                  64/432,        and Regs.                  •Inspection Regulations.                                 72/462                                                                !.
                  72/461,        Sec 40-52.
  - Equidae       72/462
                                                                                                                                                                         •
  - Pigs          Directives     H of A Act       3          As defined in the Meat                  Nil             Directive .      3
                  64/432,        and Regs.                   Inspection Regulations. .                               72/462                                                       I
                  72/461         Sec 40-52.
     i            72/462
I - Poultry /     Directives     H of A Act       3                                                  Nil                              3
                  92/118         and Regs Sec                                -
[Wild game / .                   40-52.
                  72/462,
| Farmed game     80/215,                                                                                                                                                                  i
                  94,438
 Public health    Directive       Meat            Yes (2) " Canadian compositional -   Compliance by  Meat           Directive        Yes (2)    Use     of   heart  meat Complience         by
                  94/65          Inspection                  standards for fat content EU            Inspection      94/65                       prohibited                Canada
                                 Act & Regs.                                                         Act & Regs.     Decision
                                 Food and                                                            Food and        97/29/EC
                                 Drugs Act &                                                         Drugs Act & .                                                         EC to examine
                                                                                                                     Decision
                                 Regs.                                                               Regs.                                                                 Canadian
                                                                                                                     97/534/EC
                                 Consumer                                                            Consumer                                                              submission      'on
                                 Packaging                                                           Packaging                                                             BSE status • •"'•','
                                 and Labelling                                                       and Labelling
                                 Act & Regs,                                                         Act & Regs,
                                 (if packaged                                                        (if pkgd. for
                                 for retail sale)                                                    retail sale)
52?
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  •Species              Trade Conditions         Equiv.   Special Conditions       Actions                 Trade Conditions        Equiv.      Special Conditions     Actions
                                    t
  -Animal/Public  EC             Canadian        (Cat)                                               Canadian       EC             (Cat)
  Health         Standards       Standards                                                           Standards      Standards
                                                                                                                                                               i
 16. Meat Preparations
                                                             ""
 Animal health                                                                                                                                       ,                        .
 -Ruminants      Directives     H of A Act       E                                Canada to review  Nil            Directive       E
                 64/432,        and Regs,                                                                          72/462
                 72/461,        Sec 40-52.
                                                                               •<
                                                                                                                                                                                 ;
                 72/462
 - Equidae                                                                                                                                                                       •i. I
 - Pigs          Directives     H of A Act       E       i                        Canada to review  Nil            Directive       E
                 64/432, •      and Regs,                                                                          72/462
                 72/461,        Sec 40-52.                                                                                                                                        ;
                 72/462,
 - Poultry /     Directives     H of A Act       E                                Canada to review  Nil                            E                                              .
 Wild game /     92/118,        and Regs.
                 72/462,        Sec 40-52.
 Farmed game     80/215,
                 94/438                                                                                                                                                      i
                 Directive       Meat            E                                Canada         to  Meat          Directive                     i"'  -
 Public Health                                                                                                                     E                                 Canada       will
                 94/65          Inspection                                        provide specific  Inspection     94/65                                             evaluate      EC
                                Act & Regs.                                       legislation       Act & Regs.    Decision                                          legislation  •''
          \                      Food and                                                            Food and      97/29/EC
                                Drugs Act &                                                         Drugs Act &
                                Regs.                          . -                                                 Decision                                          EC to evaluate
                                                                                                    Regs.
                                                                                                                   97/534/EC                                         Canadian
                                 Consumer                                                            Consumer
                                Packaging                                                           Packaging                                                        submission     on
                                and Labelling                                                       and Labelling                                                    BSE status
                                 Act & Regs,                                                        'Act & Regs,
                                (if packaged                                                        (if packaged
   *                            for retail sale)                                                    for retail
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  •Specias               Trade Conditions         .Equiv.   Special Conditions             Actions               Trade Conditions          Equiv.      Special Conditions    Actions
                                      t
  -Animal/Public  EC               Canadian        (Cat)                                                  • Canadian      EC               (Cat)
| Health          Standards        Standards                                                                Standards     Standards
                                               i
    1
    •                                                                                                                                                                  i
  17. Animal Casings for human consumption
  Animal health
  - Cattle       Directives      H of A Act       2/4    ' If from skin must be in final iii) accept that  Nil           Directive         3
                 92/118          and Regs,                 package or labelled for       trade in live                   92/118
I - Sheep
                 64/432,         Sec 40-52.                human consumption.            cattle shall                    Decision                                                    *• •
I - Goats        72/461,         Directive AH-             Cert, of FMD, BSE, CBPP &     proceed on the                  94/187
                 72/462          96-HPP-PHT-               rinderpest freedom if natural basis of the OIE
    •                            02                        casings. •                    recommendations                                                     •
                                                                                         as outlined in
                                                                                         Chapter 3.2.13.
                                                                                         of the
                                                                                         International                                                                                    !" •
                                                                                         Animal Health
                                                                                         Code.
I - Pigs          Directives      H of A Act       2/4     If from skin must be in final iii) accept that  Nil           Directive         3                                  •
                 92/118,          and Regs,                package or. labelled for      trade in live                   92/118
                  64/432          Sec 40-52.               human consumption.            cattle shall                    Decision
                 72/461,
                 72/462
                                  Directive AH-
                                  96-HPP-PHI-
                                                           Cert, of FMD, BSE, CBPP &
                                                           rinderpest freedom if natural
                                                                                         proceed on the
                                                                                         basis of the OIE
                                                                                                                         94/187                                                                 1
                                                                                                                                    •
                                 02                        casings.                      recommendations                                                                                  '"'•'
                                                                                          as outlined in
                                                                                         Chapter 3.2.13.                                                                           i
                                                                                         of the                                                                                    \
                                                                                          International
                                                                                          Animal Health
                                    *                                                    Code.
1         i
  Public health   Directive        Meat            Yes (2) Temperature of 10° to be                        Meat           Directive        Yes (2)    See horizontal issues
                 77/99            Inspection               observed                                        Inspection    77/99                                                             ,-
                                  Act & Regs.                                                              Aot & Regs.   Decision
                                  Food and                 See horizontal Issues                           Food and      97/534/EC
                                  Drugs Act &                                                              Drugs Act &
                                  Regs.                                                                    Regs.
 # ~
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  -Species             Trade Conditions        Equiv.   Special Conditions             Actions               Trade Conditions         Equiv.     Special Conditions    Actions
                 EC             Canadian       (Cat)                                                    Canadian      EC              (Cat)
                 Standards      Standards                                                               Standards     Standards
                                                                                                                                                                 i
 18. AnimalCas ings not for human consumption
                                                                                                      •                                                                      • •
 Animal health
 - Cattle       Directives     H of A Act •    2/4     If from skin must be in final iii)accept that   Nil           Directive                                                 -
                92/118,        and Regs.               package or labelled for       trade in live                   92/118
 - Sheep
                64/432,        Sec 40-52.              human consumption.            cattle shall                    Decision
 - Goats        72/461,        Directive AH-           Cert, of FMD, BSE, CBPP & proceed on the                      94/187
                72/462         96-HPP-PHI-             rinderpest freedom if natural basis of the OIE                Decision
          \                    02                      casings.                      recommendations                 97/534/EC
          i                                                                          as outlined in
                                                »                                    Chapter 3.2.13.
                                                                                     of the           '
                                                                                     International
                                                                                     Animal Health
                                                                                     Code.
 - Pigs         Directives     H of A Act      2/4     If from skin must be in final iii) accept that  Nil           Directive
                92/118,        end Regs.               package or labelled for       trade in live                   92/118
                64/432,        Sec 40-                 human consumption.            cattle shall                    Decision
          \     72/461,        52.Directive            Cert, of FMD, BSE, CBPP &     proceed on the                  94/187
          i     72/462         AH-96-HPP-              rinderpest freedom if natural basis of the OIE
                               PHI-02                  casings.-                     recommendations                                                                 -
                                                                                     as outlined in
                                                                                     Chapter 3.2.13.
                                 i                                                   of the                                                                                      i
                                                                                     International
                                                                                     Animal Health
                                                                                     Code.
 Public Health  Directive       Meat                   Temperature of 10° to be                         Meat <       Directive       Yes (2)    Horizontal issue             i
                77/99/EC       Inspection              observed                                        Inspection    77/99/EC
                               Act & Regs.                                                             Act & Regs.
                               Food and                Horizontal Issue                                Fqod and
                               Drugs Act &                                                             Drugs Act &
                               Regs.                                                                   Regs.
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  -Species               Trade Conditions        Equiv.  Special Conditions       Actions           Trade Conditions         Equiv.     Special Conditions    Actions
  -Animal/Public  EC              Canadian       (Cat)                                         Canadian      EC              (Cat)
  Health          Standards       Standards                                                    Standards     Standards
  19. Hides and skins                                                                                                                                   '               •}••
                                                                                                                                                                                   .
 Animal health                                                                                                                >
 - Cattlef        Directives     H of A Act     2       Raw - Approved countries               Nil          Directive
                                                                                                                            2     ,
                 92/118,         and Regs.      E       need cert. Unapproved    Consider                   92/118,
 - Sheep
                 72/461,         Sec 40-52.             require disinfection.    acceptance of
  - Goats        72/462                                                          treatment of               Decision                                                      ;
                                                                                 hides                      97/168/EC
 - Pigs          Directives      H of A Act     2       Raw - Approved countries                            Directive       3
                 92/118,         and Regs.      E       need cert. Unapproved                               92/118
                 72/461,         Sec 40-52.             require disinfection.
                                                                                                                                                                           i.
                 72/462                                                                                     Decision                                                         i
                                                                                                            97/168/EC
 Public Health                                                                                                                         ,                              .   :  • ' .
S7   4/11/98
 ---pagebreak--- 121. (a) Canned Petfood containing mammalian high/low risk material                                                  . ' ' •  ' •                     f
                 Directives                 2/4
I Animal health               H of A Act          Special certification for Accept that trade. Hof A Act  Directives         3       • 133°C X 20 min X 3 bar EC to.evaluate
|                92/118,      and Regs.           BSE.                      shall proceed on   Manual of  92/118                       for high risk material of Canadian
|                90/667       Sec 40-52                                     the basis of the   Procedures Decision -                   mammalian origin          submission on
                              Directive AH-       Conditions depend upon    OIE                           96/449                                                 microbiological
8                             PF-NAC-02           product and origin.       recommendations               Decision                                               standard of final
                                                                            as outlined in     Nil        94/309                                                 products
                                                                            Chapter 3.2.13. .             amended by
                                                                            of the                        Decision
                                                                                                                                                                 Ec to evaluate •
                                                                            International                 97/199                                                 Canadian
                                                                            Animal Health
                               i                                                                          Decision                                               submission on |
                                                                            Code.
                                                                                                          97/534/EC                                              BSE status
                                                -                                                                                 -'
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-Species,              Trade Conditions        Equiv.  Special Conditions      Actions       Trade Conditions        Equiv.      Special Conditions
-Animal/Public  EC              Canadian       (Cat)                                   Canadian       EC             (Cat)
Health          Standards       Standards                                              Standards      Standards
                                                                                                                             .                   '
21. (b) Canned Petfood containing non-mammalian high/low risk material
Animal health   Directives     H of A Act      2/4                                     H of A Act    Directives      3/2        Art. 3 Decision 97/199 . EC to evaluate
                92/118,        and Regs.               Conditions depend upon          Manual of     92/118                                            Canadian •
                90/667         Sec 40-52               product and origin.             Procedures    Decision                                          submission on','-
                               Directive AH-                                                         96/449                                            microbiological
                               PF-NAC-02 •                                                           Decision                                          standard of final
                                                                                       Nil •         94/309                                            products
                                                                                                     amended by
                                                                                                     Decision                                          . EC to evaluate
                                                                                                                                                       additional
                                                                                                     97/199                                            guarantees for
                                                                                                                                                       petfood
                                                                                                                                                       containing non-
                                                                                                                                                       mammalian high
                                                                                                                                                       risk material
                                                                                                                                                       . Canada to        j
                                                                                                                                                       submit list of    1
                                                                                                                                                       approved plants   1
FT
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   •Species              Trade Conditions         Equiv.  Special Conditions            Actions                 Trade Conditions         Equiv.      Special Conditions     Actions
   -Animal/Public  EC             Canadian        (Cat)                                                    Canadian      EC              (Cat)
  Health           Standards      Standards                                                                Standards     Standards
 22. Canned Petfood containing only low risk material
 Animal health    Directives     H of A Act              From BSE free regions only.   Accept that trade  H of A Act    Directives                                         EC to evaluate :
                  92/118,        and Regs,                                             shall proceed on   Manual of     92/118                                             Canadian
                  90/667         Sec 40-52.              Permit required. Specific     the basis of the   Procedures    Decision                                           submission on -
                                 Directive AH-           directive.                    OIE                              96/449                                             microbiological;'
                                 96-PF-NAc-                                            recommendations                  Decision                                           standard of final
                                 02                                                    as outlined in     Nil           94/309                                             products
                                                                                       Chapter 3.2.13.                  amended by
                                                                                       of             the               Decision
                                                                                       International                    97/199
                                                                                       Animal      Health
                                                                                       Code.
123. Dry and Semimoist Petfood containing only- low risk material
 Animal health    Directives     H of A Act      E       Conditions relate to animal • Accept that trade  H of A Act    Directives      2                                  EC to evaluate
                  92/118,        and Regs.               source and disease risk.      shall proceed On   Manual of     92/118                                             Canadian
                  90/667         Sec 40-52.                                            the basis of the   Procedures    Decision                                           submission on ;
                                 Directive AH-           Permit required. Specific     OIE                              96/449                                             microbiological •
                                 96-PF-NAC-              directive.                    recommendations                  Decision                                           standard of final
                                 02                                                    as outlined in     Nil           94/309                                             products
       •                                                                               Chapter 3.2.13.                  amended by
                                                                                       of            the                Decision
                                                                                       International                    97/199.
                                                                                       Animal      Health
                                               i                                       Code.
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       •Speciss               Trade Conditions           Equiv.  Special Conditions        Actions                     Trade Conditions                                                Actions
  jj -Animal/Public    EC              Canadian          (Cat)                                                    Canadian      EC
  j! Health .          Standards-      Standards                                                                  Standards     Standards
  jl                                                                                                           •     •   •   •   .     .  -     .   .                     ,
  i; 24.(a) Dry and Semimoist Petfood containing high/low risk material and/or processed animal protein derived from mammalian high risk material
  j Animal health      Directives     H of A Act        2/4     Can enter with permit as                         H of A Act    Directives      3          133°C X 2 0 min X 3 bar     EC to evaluate
                      92/118,         and Regs.                 above.                    Accept that trade      Manual of     92/118,                    for high risk material of   Canadian
   i                  90/667          Sec 4 0 - 5 2 .                                     shall proceed on       Procedures    Decision                   mammalian origin            submission o n :
                                      Directive A H -           Permit required. Specific the basis of the                     94/344                                                 microbiological
 1
   l                                  96-PF-NAC-                directive;                OIE                                  Decision                                               standard of final
                                      02                                                  recommendations        Nil           96/449                                                 products
                                                        -                                 as    outlined    in
                                                                                                                               Decision
                                                                                          Chapter     3.2.13.
                                                                                                                               97/534/EC                                              EC to evaluate
»
 j                                                                                        of              the
                                                                                                                                                                                      Canadian
i                                                                                         International
»                                                                                                                                                                                     submission on
i                                                                                         Animal       Health
                                                                                                                                                                                      BSE status. .
1                                                                                         Code.
i
i      •
      24.(b) Dry and Semimoist Petfood contain ing high/ low risk material and/or processed animal protein derived from non-mammalian high risk material                                     • ' •    ,
     Animal health    Directives      H of A Act        2/4     Can enter with permit as                         H of A Act    Directives      3          Art. 3 Decision 9 7 / 1 9 9 . EC to eveluate
     .                92/118,         and Regs.                 above.                    Accept that trade      Manual of     92/118,                                                Cenadian
                      90/667          Sec 4 0 - 5 2 .                                     shall proceed on       Procedures    Decision                                               submission on
                                      Directive A H -           Permit required. Specific the basis of. the                    94/344                                                 microbiological
         ,                            96-PF-NAC-                directive.                OIE                                  Decision                                               standard of final
                                      02                                                  recommendations        Nil           96/449                                                 products
                                                                                          as    outlined    in
                                                                                          Chapter     3.2.13.                                                                         . EC to evaluate
                                                                                          of              the                                                                         additional
         •                                                                                International                                                                               guarantees for,
                                                                                          Animal       Health                                                                         petfood
                                                                                          Code.                                                                                       containing non,
                                                                                                                                                                                      mammalian high
                                                                                                                                                                                      risk material
                                                                                                                                                                                      . Canada to
                                                                                                                                                                                      submit list of
I                                                                                                                                                                                     approved plants
or <1      4/17/98
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   -Species              Trade Conditions        Equiv. Special Conditions      Actions               Trade Conditions                                          Actions
   -Animal/Public  EC             Canadian       (Cat)                                           Canadian      EC
   Health          Standards      Standards                                                      Standards     Standards
 25. Bones and Bone Products for human.consumption                                                                                                                        . .   •
  Animal health
                  Directives     H of A Act     4                              iii)accept that  Nil           Directive       4
  - Ruminants     64/432,        and Regs.                                     trade in live                  72/462
                  72/461,        Sec 40,44.                                    cattle shall                   Decision
  and Horses      72/462,                                                      proceed on the                 91/449
                  80/215                                                       basis of the OIE
                                                                               recommendations
                                                                               as outlined in
                                                                                                '. - .                        '                                               '
                                                                               Chapter 3.2.13.
                                                                               of the
                                                                               International                                                                            , i
                                                                               Animal Health
                                                                                                                                            -
                                                                               Code.
 - Pigs           Directives     H of A Act     4                              as above         Nil           Directive       4
                  64/432,        and Regs.                                                                    72/462
                  72/461,        Sec 40,44.                                                                   Decision
                  72/462,                                                                                     91/449
                  80/215
 -Poultry         Directives     H of A Act     3                              as above         Nil           Directive       4
                  92/118,        and Regs.                                                                    92/118
                  72/462,        Sec. 40,44.
                  80/215,
                  94/438
 -Wild game       Directives     H of A Act    4                               as above         Nil           Directive       4
                  92/495,        and Regs.                                                       1
 and farmed .                                                                                                 91/495,92/4
                  92/45          Sec. 40,44.                                                                  5.
 animal
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-Species               Trade Conditions         Equiv.  Special Conditions     Actions        Trade Conditions        Equiv.      Special Conditions     Actions
-Animal/Public  EC              Canadian        (Cat)                                   Canadian       EC             (Cat)
Health          Standards       Standards                                               Standards      Standards
25. Bones and Bone' Products for human consumption
     •
Public health   Directive      Meat             NE                                     Meat           Directive       NE                                EC. to examine
                77/99          Inspection                                              Inspection     77/99.92/11                                       Canadian
                64/433         Act & Regs.                                             Act & Regs.    8                                                 submission  on
                               Food and                                                Food and       Decision                                          BSE status
                               Drugs Act &                                             Drugs Act &    97/534/EC
                               Regs.                              •                    Regs.
                               Consumer                                                Consumer
                               Packaging                                               Packaging
              .                and Labelling                                           and Labelling
                                Act & Regs,                                             Act & Regs
                               (if packaged                                            (If packaged •
                               for retail                                              for retail)
                               sale) .
                                                                                                                                                                   -
C3
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  -Species              Trade Conditions        Equiv.  Special Conditions         Actions      Trade Conditions        Equiv.      Special Conditions     Actions
                                    t
  -Animal/Pubiic  EC             Canadian       (Cat)                                      Canadian      EC             (Cat)
  Health          Standards      Standards                                                 Standards     Standards
j 26. Bones, horns and hooves and their Products not for human consumption (except meals)                                 \                         •
  Animal health  Directive      H of A Act      E       Hooves under Directive AH-         Nil          Directive       2                                 EC to examine
                 92/118,        and Regs.               96-PF-NAC-02.                                   92/118,                                           Canadian
                 90/667         Sec                                                                     90/667                                            submission on
                                40,44,45.                                                               Decisions                                         BSE status
                                Directive 90-                                                           94/446
                                03-AP-18                                                                as amended
                                (under                                                                  by Decision
                                review)                                                                 97/197
                                                                                                        Decision
                                                                                                        97/534/EC
                                                                                                                                                                      1
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 -Species.               Trade Conditions         Equiv.   Special Conditions          Actions             ' Trade Conditions        Equiv.      Special Conditions    Actions
                                     i
 -Animal/Public                   Canadian        (Cat)                                                Canadian       EC             (Cat)
 Health           Standards       Standards                                                            Standards      Standards                                               V .-'.'•
27. Processed Animal Protein for human consumption ("other products" as defined in 77/99/EEC)
Animal health                                                   -                                                                                                                   ;
                  Directives     H of A Act       1       If highly processed     and iii)accept that  Nil           Directive       2
                  64/432,        and Regs.                labelled      for     human trade in live                  72/462
Ruminants/                                                                                                                                                             •            i
                  72/461,        Sec 40,                  consumption,      needs  no cattle shall                   Decision
horses            72/462         41,43.                   permit.                     proceed on the                 91/449 .
                  80/215         directive AH-                                        basis of the OIE
                                 96-HPP-PHT--                                         recommendations
                                 02                                                   as outlined in
                                                                                      Chapter 3.2.13.
                                                                                      of the
                                                                                      International
                                                                                      Animal Health                                                                                    :
                                                                                                                                                                              '          '
                                                                                      Code.
- Pigs >          Directives     H of A Act       1       If highly processed     and as above         Nil           Directive       2
                  64/432,        and Regs,                labelled      for     human                                72/462                                                     '.;•
                  72/461,        Sec 40,41.               consumption,      needs  no                                Decision
                  72/462         Directive AH-            permit.                                                    9.1/449
                                                                                                                                                                                    -.8
                  80/215         96-HPP-PHT-
                                                                                                                                                                                           8
                                                                                                                                                                                     i •
                                 02                       BSE Rules
- Poultry         Directives     H of A Act       1       If highly processed     and as above         Nil           Directive'      2
                  92/118,        and Regs.                labelled      for     human                                92/118
                  72/462,        Sec. 40,41.               consumption,     needs  no
                  80/215,         Directive AH-            permit.
                  94/438         96-HPP-PHT-
                                 02
                                                                                                                                                                                      '*
Of
 ---pagebreak---    -Commodity                               European Community Exports to Canada
   -Species              Trade Conditions         ' Equiv. Special Conditions          Actions           Trade Conditions   Equiv. Special Conditions Actions
   -Animal/Public EC               Canadian        (Cat)                                           Canadian       EC        (Cat)
   Health         Standards        Standards                                                       Standards      Standards
127. Processed Animal Protein for human consumption ("other products" as defined in 77/99/EEC)                                                     I
   Animal health                                                                                -                                                            i •
   - Wild game    Directives      H of A Act       2       Need   official zoosanitary as above   Nil             Directive                               .. \ '
                                                                                                                            3
                  92/495,92/4    and Regs.                 cert.                                                 91/495,
   and farmed
                  5               Sec. 40,41.                                                                    92/45
| game                                                                                                                                                           - :1
   Public Health  Directive      Meat             NE                                              Meat           Directive  NE                        EC to examine
            1     77/99          Inspection                                                       Inspection     77/99,                               Canadian
                        /        Act & Regs.                                                      Act & Regs. .92/118                                 submission   on
                                  Food and                                                        Food and        Decision                            BSE status   s
                                  Drugs Act &                                                     Drugs Act & I 97/534/EC
                                  Regs.                                                           Regs.
                                 Consumer                                                         Consumer
                                  Packaging                                                       Packaging
                                 and Labelling                                                    and Labelling
                                   Act & Regs,                                                    Act & Regs,
                                  (if packaged                                                    (if pkgd. for
                                 for retail                                                       retail sale)
 •
                                 sale)
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                                                                                                                                                                                  ™             ]
                                             European Community Exports to Canada                                            Canadian Exports to the European Community '                      1
  •Species                 Trade Conditions        Equiv.    Special Conditions        -Actions               Trade Conditions  :     Equiv.       Special Conditions        Actions
                                       i
  -Animal/Public    EC              Canadian       (Cat)                                                Canadian       EC             (Cat)
  Health            Standards       Standards                                                           Standards      Standards
    I
                                                                                                                                                    .
                                                                                                                                                                   •
 28. (a) Processed Animal Protein of mammalian origin not for human consumption (feedingstuffs)
                                                                                                                                                                                                |
                                                                                                                                                                                      .
 Animal health
 - Ruminants        Directives     H of A Act      2/4      From designated countries  iii)accept that  H of A Act    Directive       3           133°C X 20 min X 3 bar    . EC to evaluate
               i
                    92/118,        and Regs.                free from List A diseases  trade in, live   Manual of     92/118,                     for high risk material of Canadian            |
                    90/667,        Part V.                                             cattle shall     Procedures    90/667                      mammalian origin          submission on      8
                    Decision       Directive AH-            From non designated.       proceed on the                 Decision        /                                     microbiological ]' 1
                    92/562,        REN-EQU-01      3/4      countries with permit..    basis of the OIE               94/344                      Art. 3 Decision 97/199    standard of final  1
                    94/381,                                 (Gelatin must be treated.) recommendations  AH-95-G-01    as amended                                            product's           I
                    94/382                                                             as outlined in   AH-95-        by Decision                                                   \
                                                                                       Chapter 3.2.13.  HHP/PHT-01    97/198
                                                                      .\                                                                                                    EC to evaluate
                                                                                       of the                         Decision
                                                                                                                                                                            Canadian
                                                          >                            International                  97/534/EC
                                                                                                                                                                            submission on '
                                                                                       Animal Health
                                                                                                                                                                            BSE status
                                                                                       Code.
                                                                                                                                             •. x
                                                                                                                                                                            • . . • • • ' 1
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                                                                                       "      ~ ""              . .      Canadian Exports to the European Community
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  -Animal/Public  EC             Canadian        (Cat)                                             Canadian        EC             (Cat)
 Health           Standards      Standards ..                                                      Standards       Standards
 28. (a) Processed Animal Protein of mammalian origin not for human consumption (feedingstuffs)                                                              •!
                                                                                                      •'                                                                             • *
                                                                                                                                                                                         ,
 Animal health
 - Ncri-          Directives     Hot A Act       2        Permit required unless in                Hof A Act     ' Directive'     2/3         133°C X 20 min X 3 bar   . EC to evaluate
                  92/118,        and Regs.                final packaging or in bulk               Manual of       92/118,                   for high risk material of Canadian
 Ruminants
                  90/667         PartV.                   for industrial use, human                Procedures      90/667                    mammalian origin          submission on •
                  Decision       Directive AH-            consumption ,                            AH-95-G-01      Decision                                            microbiological.
                  92/562         REN-EQU-01               pharmaceuticals , lab use                AH-95-          96/449                    Art. 3 Decision 97/199    standard of final
                                                 3        or pet food.                             HHP/PHT-01      Decision                                            products .
                                                          Low risk countries only,                                 94/344 as                                        >"
                                                         'disease freedom statement                                amendeed by                                         . EC to evaluate
     •                     •
                                                                                                                   Decision                                            additional
    '                                                                                                              97/198                                              guarantees for
                                  i                                                                                                                                    processed anirifal
                                                                                                                                     '                                 protein .         ,'
                                                                                                                                                                       dontainfng non .
                                                                                                                                                                       mammalian high
                                                                       .'"'•.      .'.                                                                                 risk material ••
                                                                                                                                                                       . Canada to
                                                                                                                                                                       submit list of \.
          .                                                                                                                              _                             approved plants'
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    i • •
  -Species               Trade Conditions        Equiv.   Special Conditions      Actions         Trade Conditions        Equiv.        Special Conditions   Actions'
  -Animal/Public   EC             Canadian       (Cat)                                      Canadian       EC             (Cat)
  Health           Standards      Standards                                                 Standards      Standards
                                                                                          •                                                                               . . .t- .:•
 28. (b) Processed animal protein of non-mammalian origin not for human consumption (feedihgstiiffs)                                                    I               .    '|
                                                         Conditions depend upon                                                                             . EC to evaluate
 Animal health    Directives     H( of A Act     E                                          H of A Act    Directives                 Art. 3 Decision 97/199
                                 and Regs.               product and origin.
                  92/118,                                                                   Manual of     92/118                                            Canadian
                  90/667         Sec 40-52                                                  Procedures    Decision                                          submission on :
                                 Directive AH-                                                            96/449                      .  . . „ • •
                                                                                                                                                            microbiological -\
    J                            PF-NAC-02                                                                Decision                                          standard of final 1
                                                                                            Nil           94/309                                            products                I
                                                                                                          amended by
                                                                                •                                                                           . EC to evaluate
                                                                                                          Decision
                                                                                                                                                            additional
                                                                                                          97/198                                            guarantees for
                                                                                                                                                            petfood
                                                                                                                                                            containing non-.
   '                                                                                                                          •' i                          mammalian high
                                                                                                                                                            risk material
                                                                                                                                                            . Canada to
                                                         • .' "                                                                                             submit list of
                                                                                                                                                            approved plants.
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1 -Commodity
  -Species                Trade Conditions        Equiv.   Special Conditions        Actions                   Trade Conditions        Equiv.       Special Conditions   Actions
  -Animal/Public    EC             Canadian       (Cat)                                                   Canadian      EC              (Cat)
  Health            Standards      Standards                                                              Standards     Standards
 29. Serum of Equidae                                                                                  f
                                                                                                                                       .   • •                      '
 Animal health     Directive      H of A Act      2       Permit required.          Nil   ,              Nil           Directive       4
                   92/118         and Regs.               For lab use.                                                 92/118
                                  Sec 40,51.
                                                                                            •            -
                                                                                                                       Decision
                                                                                                                       94/143                                                     i
                                                                                                                                              i
 Public Health
 30. Blood and Blood Products intended for human consumption ("other products" as defined in 77/99 EEC)
 Animal health                                                                                                                                            ,
 - Red Meat        Directives     H of A Act      2       Disease freedom statement Recognize            Nil •         Directive       2          Not regulated if
                   64/432,        and Regs.               and heat treatment.       regionalization of                 72/462,
 (ruminants/                                                                                                                                      freezing or
                   72/461,        Sec.40,51.              Depends upon whether      FMD                                Decision
 horses)           72/462,        Directive AH-           in bulk or prepackaged.                                      91/449                     refrigeration not
                   80/215         95-G-01                                           Review BSE                         Decision                   required and if
 - Pigs                                                                             Rules                              96/405/EC                   packaged for sale
                   Directive
                                                                                                                                                                                  i
                   91/494/EC
                   91/49 5/EC
                   Decision                                                                                                                                                       !
                   96/405/EC
 - Poultry         Directives     H of A Act      2       Disease freedom statement Recognize            Nil           Directive       2           Not regulated if             i ' -
                                  and Regs.               and heat treatment.       regionalization of
                   91/494/EC
                                  Sec 40, 5 1 .           Depends upon whether      FMD
                                                                                                                       91/494/EC                  freezing or                   \
                   91/49 5/EC                                                                                          92/118                      refrigeration not
                                  Directive AH-           in bulk or prepackaged.
                   92/118,        95-G-01                                                                                                          required and if ,
                   72/462,                                                                                             Decision                    packaged for sale
                   80/215,                                                                                             96/405/EC
                   94/438
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  -Species
  -Animaj/Public  EC
                         Trade Conditions
                                     t
                                                  Equiv.
                                                  (Cat)
                                                            Special Conditions       Actions.                   Trade Conditions
                                                                                                          Canadian       EC .
                                                                                                                                         Equiv.
                                                                                                                                         (Cat)
                                                                                                                                                    Special Conditions    Actions
                                                                                                                                                                                        I
  Health          Standards
                                  Canadian
                                  Standards                                                               Standards      Standards
                                                                                                                                                                                     •1
 30. Blood and Blood Products intended for human consumption ("other products" as defined in 77/99 EEC)
 Animal health              .                             •                                                                   •
    i
                  Directives      H of A Act      2        Disease freedom statement Recognize          •Nil            Directive       2          Not regulated if
  - Wild game     92/495,        and Regs.                 and heat treatment.       regionalization of                 91,495,92/4
  and farmed      92/45          SEc 40,51.                Depends upon whether'     FMD
                                                                                                                                                   freezing or                    . :•
                                                                                                                        5,
  game                            Directive AH-            in bulk or prepackaged.                                                                 refrigeration not
                                 95-G-01                                                                                                           required and if
                                                i                                                                                                  packaged for sale
                 Directive       Meat             Yes (2)  Temperature of 10° to be  Discussion          Meat           Directive       Yes (2)    Horizontal issue                  ;.
                 77/99           Inspection                observed                                      Inspection     77/99,
 Public Health                   Act & Regs.                                                             Act & Regs.    92/118 Draft
                                 Food and                  Horizontal issue                              Food and
                                 Drugs Act &                                                             Drugs Act &
                                 Regs.                                                                   Regs;
                                 Consumer                                                                Consumer
                                 Packaging                                                               Packaging
                                 and Labelling                                                           and Labelling
                                  Act & Regs,                                                            Act & Regs,
                                 (if packaged                                                            (if packaged
                                 for retail                                                              for retail
                                 sale)                                                                   sale)
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  •Species              Trade Conditions       Equiv.   Special Conditions      Actions        Trade Conditions        Equiv.      Special Conditions          Actions
  -Animal/Public  EC             Canadian      (Cat)                                    Canadian        EC             (Cat)
  Health ' '      Standards      Standards                                              Standards       Standards
 31. Blood and Blood Products not intended for human consumption
 Animal health   Directive      H of A Act             Need cert of origin from         H of A Act     Directive                  Not regulated if freezing or
                                and Regs.              designated country,              Manual of                                 refrigeration not required
                 91/667                                                                                91/667
                                Sec. 40,51,            processing if non                Procedures                                and if packaged for sale.
                 92/118
                                                       designated.                      Directive AH-  92/118
                 Decision
                                                                                        95-G-01        Decision
                 92/183
                                                                                                       92/183
                 94/187
                                                                                                       Decision
                                                                                                       96/405/EC
 Public Health
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   -Animal/Public    EC             Canadian        (Cat)                                         Canadian      EC              (Cat)
   Health            Standards      Standards                                                     Standards     Standards
                                                                                                                                                     •
  32. Lard and Rendered Fats intended for human consumption ("other products" as definedI in 77/99)
  Animal health                                                                                                                                                           ; • - '
  - Red Meat        Directives     H of A Act      2       Specific directive and        Nil      Nil          Directive '     2          Not regulated if shelf
                    64/432,        and Regs.               certificate of origin.                              72/462
  (ruminants/                                                                                                                             stable and packaged
                    72/461,        Sec. 40.                Tallow exempt.                                      Decision                                                  . ,y
  horses)           72/462         Directive AH-                                                               91/449,                    for sale
                    80/215         95-G-01
  - Pigs
 - Poultry          Directives     H of A Act      2       Specific directive and        Nil      Nil          Directive       2          Not regulated if shelf
                    92/118,        end Regs.               certificate of origin. Tallow                       92/118
                   •72/462,        Sec 40.
                                                                                                                                          stable and packaged
                                                           exempt.
                    80/215,        Directive AH-                                                                                          for sale
                    94/438         95-G-01
  - Wild Game       Directives     H of A Act      2       Specific directive and        Nil      Nil          Directive       2          Not regulated if shelf
                    92/495,        and Regs.               certificate of origin.                              91/495,
  and farmed                                                                                                                              stable and packaged
                    92/45          Sec 40.                 Tallow exempt.                                      92/45
  game                             Directive AH-                                                                                          for sale                                ;
                                   95-G-01
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 -Animal/Public  EC              Canadian        (Cat)
 Health          Standards       Standards
 32. Lard and Rendered Fats intended for human consumption ("other products" as defined in 77/99)
                                                                                                                                                               i
 Public" Health Directive       Meat             Yes (2) Temperature of 10° to be       Meat          Directive      Yes(2)      Horizontal issue
                77/99           Inspection               observed                       Inspection    77/99,
                                Act & Regs.                                             Act & Regs.   92/118
                                 Food and                Horizontal issue               Food &        Decision
                                Drugs Act &                                             Drugs Act &   97/534/EC
                                Regs.                                                   Regs.
                                 Consumer                                                Consumer
                                Packaging                                               Packaging
                                and Labelling                                           and Labelling                                                -
                                 Act & Regs,                                             Act & Regs,
                                (if packaged,                                           (if packaged
                                for retail                                              for retail
                                sale)                                                   sele) -
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-Spocies              Trade Conditions         Equiv.  Special Conditions             Actions         Trade Conditions          Equiv.       Special Conditions         Actions
-Animal/Public  EC             Canadian        (Cat)                                             Canadian       EC              (Cat)
 Health         Standards      Standards                                                         Standards     Standards
33. Lard and Rendered Fats not intended for human consumption                                                                                     '
Animal health  Directive      Hof A Act       4*      Specific directive and                    H of A Act     Directive       2            Specify Tellow for         EC to issue
               92/118,        and Regs.               certificate of origin.                    Manual of      92/118,                      petrochemical industry. To decision
               90/667         Sec 40.                 Entry permitted case by                   Procedures     90/667                       be exempted.               exempting those
                                                      case determined by risk..                                Decision                     Not regulated if shelf     products from
                              Directive AH-                                                                    97/534/EC                    stable and packaged for    92/118 and
                              95-G-01         2       Tallow exempt:                                                                        sale                       90/667
                                                      From designated countries                                                                                        EC to evaluate
                                                      cert of origin, From others                                                                                      Canadian
                                                      need permit and processing                                                                                       submission on
                                                                                                                                                                       BSE status
Public health                                                                                                                                                                           : .
                                                                              " - • '
                                                                                                            ••
 ' i.                                                              •                       •  .
34. Raw Material for feeding stuffs, pharmaceutical or technical use                                             "  •  •               :' •  -  "                                       r- •
Animal health  Directive      H of A Act      2       Glands and organs require       Nil       Nil            Directive       3
               92/118         and Regs.               certificate and disease                                  92/118
               90/667         Sec 40,51.              freedom statement.                                       90/667
               Decision                                                                                        Decision
               89/19,                                                                                          89/19,
               92/183                                                                                          92/183
                                                                                                                                                                                    ' "'I; ' •
                                                                                                               Decision
                                                                                                               97/534/EC
Public health                 Meat                                                              Meat           Directive
                              Inspection                                                        Inspection
                              Act & Regs.                                                       Act & Regs.    97/1 /EC
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  -Commodity
  •Species               Trade Conditions         Equiv.   Special Conditions          Actions                  Trade Conditions         Equiv.     Special Conditions        Actions
  -Animal/Public   EC             Canadian        (Cat)                                                   Canadian       EC              (Cat)
  Health           Standards      Standards                                                               Standards      Standards
  36. Apiculture Products for apiculture
  Animal health   Directive      H of A Act               Must be subjected to        Review             H of A Act     Directive                  Bee products used for
                  92/118         and Regs.                treatment ie;freeze drying, conditions by 97-  and Regs. DC   92/118 .                   animal or human feed or
                                 Part VI.                 irradiation, vacuum         03-01              Manual of      Decision                   industrial use is not
                                 Industry                 packaging.                                     Procedures,    94/860                     restricted. Bee products
                                 consultation.                                                           Honeybee .                                used for bee feeding must
                                                          Used hives or equipment                        prohibition                               be treated.
                                                          prohibited.                                    order.
                                                                                                         Directive AH-                             Used equipment prohibited.
                                                                                                         95-BP/PA-01
                                                                                                         Section 57, H
                                                                                                         of A Regs
  Public health
137. Game Trophies1
I Animal health   Directive      H of A Act       2       Mounted • no restrictions   Nil              ' Nil            Directive       3
                  92/118         and Regs.                Unmounted and raw -                                           92/118                                                                    l
                  72/462         SEo 40,42.               disinfection •   -                                            96/500/EC
                                                                                                                                                                                                '
1 Public Health                                                                                                                    '
                                                                                                                                                                              . . . . • _ ' • .
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   •Spscies
  38. Manure
  Animal health   Directive   H of A Act              From designated, countries    H of A Act Directive
                  92/118      and Regs.               need cert of freedom from     and Regs.  92/118
                              Sec. 46.                List A diseases.                         Draft
                              Directive AH-                                                    Decision
                              96-FERT-01              Non designated      countries            96/109/EC
                                                      need permit
  Public health
 139. Wool, feathers and hair
  Animal health
 I-Wool           Directive   H of A Act              Statement of disease          Nil        Directive                  Clean etc
                  92/118      and Regs.               freedom,.certificate. Must               92/118
                              Sec 42,52.              be clean.
    Pigbristle    Directive   H of A Act              Statement of disease          Nil        Directive                  Clean etc
                  92/118      and Regs.               freedom, certificate. Must               92/118
                  Decision    Sec 42,52.              be clean.                                Decision
                  94/435                                                                       94/435
  Public Health
 &
in    4 /17/9B
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 -Species               Trade Conditions         Equiv.   Special Conditions    Actions          Trade Conditions          Equiv.      Special Conditions    Actions
                                  . t
 -Animal/Public   EC             Canadian .      (Cat)                                     Canadian        EC              (Cat)
                                                                                        1
 Health           Standards      Standards                                                 Standards       Standards
 40. Honey           •                            -                                                                                                    •
 Animal health                  Nil              E                                                                         NE
 Public Health   Directive                                                                                 Directive '     NE
                 92/118                                                                                    92/118
 41. Frog's Legs                                                                                                                             '                       'I
 Animal health                  Nil              E                                                                         NE
 Public health   Directive      Food and         E                                        Food and         Directive       NE
                 92/118         Drugs Act &                                              Drugs Act &       92/118
                                Regs.                                                     Regs.            Decision
                                Consumer                                                 Consumer          96/340/EC
                                Packaging                                                Packaging
                                and Labelling                                             and Labelling
                                Act & Regs,                                               Act & Regs,
                                                         •
                                (if packaged                                              (if packaged
                                for retail sale)                                          for retail sale)
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   -Species              Trade Conditions          Equiv.  Special Conditions     Actions          Trade Conditions          Equiv.      Special Conditions    Actions
  -Animel/Public   EC             Canadian         (Cat)                                     Canadian         EC             (Cat) *
  Health           Standards      Standards                                                  Standards       Standards
142. Snails for human consumption
1 Animal health                  Nil (Plant        E                                                                         E
fi                               Protection                                               •                                                                          • •
                                 prohibition of
1                                terrestrial    ,
1                                snails)
 Public Health    Directive      Food and          E                                        Food and         Directive       E
                  92/118         Drugs Act &                                                Drugs Act &      92/118
                                 Regs.                                                      Regs.            Decision
                                 Consumer                                                   Consumer         96/340/EC
                                                                                    .
                                 Packaging                                                  Packaging
                                 and Labelling                                              and Labelling
                                 Act & Regs,                                                Act & Regs,
                                 (if packaged                                               (if packaged
                                 for retail sale)                                           for retail sale)
Of.
in     fl/17/qfl
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 -Species *            Trade Conditions         Equiv.   Special Conditions           Actions            Trade Conditions           Equiv.     Special Conditions     Actions
                                   t
 -Animal/Public  EC             Canadian        (Cat)                                              Canadian         EC              (Cat)
 Heelth          Standards      Standards                                                          Standards       Standards
                                                                                                                                                               !
 43. Egg Products intended for human consumption                                                                                 • •
 Animal health  Directive      H of A Act       2/3     Need cert of origin from                  Directive        Directive       1
                92/118         and Regs.                designated country, cert of               AH-95-G-01       92/118
                Decision       Sec. 34.                 treatment from non                                         Decision
                94/187         Directive Ah-            designated.                                                94/187
                               96-EGG-                                                                             94/344
                               ovb-oi
 Public Health  Directive      Canada                   Each shipment accompanied                 Canada .         Directive                                         Decision
                92/118         Agricultural •           by produce and' process               ,«  Agricultural.    92/118                                            97/534/EC
                Decision       Products Act,            certification : signed    by-            'Products Act,    Decision .                                        applicable
                97/38/EC       Egg and                  official         government               Egg &            97/38/EC                                          pending       the
                               Processed. ,             authority                                 Processed        Decision                -                         definition of egg
                               Egg                                                                Egg              97/534/EC                                         products
                               Regulations                                                        Regulations
                               Food and                                                           Food and                                                                          '•
                               Drugs Act &                                                        Drugs Act &                                                        EC to examine 1
                                                                                                                                                   Cw
                               Regs.                                                              Regs:                                                              Canadian           |
                               Consumer                                                           Consumer                                                           submission     on |
                               Packaging                                                          Packaging                                                          BSE status         I
                                                                                                  and Labelling                                                                     !
                               and Labelling                                                                                                 •                                        :
                               Act & Regs.                                                        Act & Regs.
                               (if packaged                                                       (if packaged
                               for retail sale)                                                   for retail sale)
   •
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  -Species               Trade Conditions        Equiv.   Special Conditions       Actions       Trade Conditions        Equiv.      Special Conditions     Actions
  -Animal/Public   EC             Canadian        (Cat)                                    Canadian       EC             (Cat)
  Health           Standards      Standards                                                Standards      Standards
 44. Gelatin for human consumption and technical use
 Animal health    Directive      H of A Act              From designated countries         Nil           Directive
                  92/118         and Regs.               stetement of FMD freedom,                       92/118
                                 Sec 40,45.
                                 Directive AH-           from non designated
                                 96-HPP-PHI-             treatment."
                                 02
 Public Health    Directive      Food and        NE                                        Food and      Directive       NE                                EC to exemine
                  92/118         Drugs Act &                                               Drugs Act &   92/118                                            Canadian
                                 Regs.                                                     Regs.         Decision                                          submission on
                                                                                                         97/534/EC                                         BSE status
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 ---pagebreak---                                            ANNEX VI
         GUIDELINES ON PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCTING AN AUDIT
 General principles
 {. 1. - Audits should be made in co-operation between the auditing party (the "auditor") and
the audited party, (the "auditee") in accordance with the provisions set out in this Annex. ~
 1.2.    Audits should be designed to check the effectiveness of the controlling authority rather
than to reject individual animals, groups of animals, consignments of food or establishments.
The process can include study of the relevant regulations, method of implementation,
assessment of the end result, including assessments conducted, as considered necessary, at
establishments or facilities, level of compliance and subsequent corrective actions. Where an
audit reveals a serious risk to animal or human health, the auditee shall take immediate
corrective action.
 1.3.    The frequency of audits should be based on performance. A low level of performance
should result in an increased frequency of audita unsatisfactory performance must be corrected
by the auditee to the auditor's satisfaction.
 1.4.    Audits, and the decisions based on them, shall be made in a transparent and consistent
manner.                                                       .
Principles relating to the Auditor
Those responsible for conducting the audit should prepare a plan; preferably in accordance
with recognised international standards, that covers the following points:
2.1.     the subject, depth and scope of the audit;
2.2.     the date and place of the audit, along with a timetable up to and including the issue of
the final report;
2.3.     the language or languages in which the audit will be conducted and the report written;
2.4.     the identity of the auditors including, if a team approach is used, the leader.
Specialised professional skills may be required to carry out audits of specialised systems and
programmes;
2.5.     a schedule of meetings with officials and visits to establishments or facilities, as
appropriate. The identity of establishments or facilities to be visited should be stated in
advance, although additional or alternate facilities may be visited during the audit if it is
considered necessary;
2.6.     subject to provisions on freedom of information, respect of commercial confidentiality
shall be observed by the auditor. Conflicts of interest must be avoided;
2.7      respect of the rules governing occupational health and safety.
                                                                                                82
 ---pagebreak---     This plan should be reviewed in advance with representatives of the auditeë.
3.   Principles relating to the Auditee
     The following principles apply to actions taken by the auditee, in order to facilitate audit.
     3.1.     The auditee must co-operate fully with the auditor and should nominate personnel
     responsible for this task. Co-operation may include, for example:
                * access to all relevant regulations and standards;
                * access to compliance programmes and appropriate records and documents;
                * access to audit and inspection reports
                * documentation concerning corrective actions and sanctions;
                * facilitating entry to establishments or facilities.
     3.2.     The auditee must operate a documented programme to demonstrate to the auditor that
    standards are being met on a consistent and uniform basis.
4.  Procedures                                                    '
    4.1.      Opening meeting
    An opening meeting should be held between representatives of both parties.. At this meeting the
    auditor will be responsible for reviewing thé audit plan and confirming that adequate resources,
    documentation, and any other necessary facilities are available for conducting the audit.
    4.2.      Document Review
    The document review may consist of a review of the documents and records referred to in
    paragraph 3.1, the structures and powers of the auditee, and any relevant changes to food
    inspection and certification systems since the adoption of this Agreement or since the previous
    audit, with emphasis on the implementation of elements of the system of inspection and
    certification for animals or products of interest. This may include an examination of relevant
    inspection and certification records and documents.
    4.3.      On-site Verification
    4.3.1. The decision to include this step should be based upon an assessment of risk, taking
    into account factors such as the animals or products concerned, the history of conformity with
   •requirements by the industry sector or exporting country, the volume of product produced and
    imported or exported, changes in infrastructure and the nature of the inspection and
    certification systems.
    4.3.2. On-site verification may involve visits ,which may be unannounced, to production and
    manufacturing facilities, food handling or storage areas and control laboratories to check on
    compliance with the information contained in the documentary material referred to uv4.2.
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   Where a follow-up audit is being conducted in order to verify the correction of deficiencies, it
   may be sufficient to examine only those points which have been found to require correction.
5. Working Documents
   Working documents may include checklists of elements to evaluate, such as the following:
                legislation;
                structure and operations of inspection and certification services;
                establishment details and working procedures (including any HACCP
                documentation);
                health statistics, sampling plans and results;
                compliance action and procedures;
                reporting and complaint procedures; and
                training programmes.
6. Closing Meeting              -
   A closing meeting shall be held between representatives of both Parties. At this meeting the
   auditor will present thefindingsof the audit. The information should be presented in a clear,
   concise manner so that the conclusions of the audit are clearly understood.
   The Parties may discuss specific actions to be taken as a result of the findings.
7. Audit Report
   The auditor shall provide the auditee with a draft report of the audit generally within 60 days of
   the conclusion of the audit To the extent possible, the report shall be presented in a
   standardised format to be agreed upon by the Parties in order to make the approach to audit
   more uniform, transparent and efficient. The report will assess the adequacy of the auditee's
   enforcement and control programme and identify any deficiencies noted during the conduct of
   the audit. Thereafter, the auditee may within 60 days comment on the draft report and shall
   describe any specific corrective actions that will be taken, preferably with target dates for
   completion. Any comments made by the auditee shall be included in the final report.
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                                        CERTIFICATION
Official health certificates will cover consignments of live animals and/or animal products
being traded between the Parties.
Health attestations:
         (to be completed)
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                                             FRONTIER CHECKS
                     FREQUENCIES OF FRONTIER CHECKS ON CONSIGNMENTS
                                OF LIVE ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
The Parties may modify any frequency rate, within their responsibilities, as appropriate, taking into account
the nature of any checks applied by the exporting Party prior to export, the importing Party's past experience
with products imported from the exporting Party, any progress made toward the recognition of equivalence, or
as a result of other actions or consultations provided for in this Agreement.                              -
TYPE OF FRONTIER CHECK                                                          MAXIMUM FREQUENCY
    •          .                    :           .    - •             •                    RATE
1. Documentary                                                                            100%
Bom Parties will perform documentary checks                                ;                  -.            •
2. Physical Checks            .;                  -.                     •                      :       -
Live Animals                                                                              100%
Semen/Embryos/Ova                                            :                            100%
Animal products for human consumption
Fresh meat including offal, and products of the bovine, ovine, caprine,                     •)
porcine and equine species defined in Council Directive 92/5/EEC                             )
Whole eggs                                                                                   )
Lard and rendered fats                                                                       )
Animal casings                                                                               )
Gelatin                                                                                      )
Poultry meat and poultry meat products                                                       )
Rabbit meat, game meat (wild/farmed) and products                                           )10%
Milk and milk products                                                                       )
Egg products                                                                                 )
Honey                                                                                        )
Bone and bone products                                                                       )
Meat preparations and minced meat                                                            )
Frogs' legs and snails                                                                       )
TYPE OF FRONTIER CHECK                                                          MAXIMUM FREQUENCY
                                                                                          RATE
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Lard and rendered fats
Animal casings                                                                             )
Milk and milk products                                                                     )
Gelatin                                                                                    )
Bones and bone products                                                                    )
Hides and skins ungulates                                                                  )
Game trophies                                                                              )10%
Processed petfood                                                                          )
Raw material for the manufacture of petfood                                                )
Raw material, blood, blood products, glands and organs for                                 )
phannaceutical/technical use                                    ^                          )
Processed animal protein (packaged)                                                        )
Bristles, wool, hair and feathers
Horns, horn products, hooves and hoof products                                         [100%]
Apiculture products                                                                    [100%]
                                     •    '     ".                                      [100%]
Hatching eggs
                                                                                       [100%]
Manure (no trade)
Hay and straw (no trade)                                  . .      ' • •- •    . .
Processed animal protein not for human consumption (bulked)                  ,    100% for the first 6
                                                                                 consignments (as per
                                                                                   Council Directive.
                                                                                92/llo7EEC),then20%
Live bivalve molluscan shellfish                                                         10%
Fish andfisheryproducts for human consumption                                            10%
Fish products in hermetically sealed containers intended to render them
stable at ambient temperatures, fresh and frozen fish and dry and/or salted
fisheries products. Otherfisheryproducts.                                   |             ;            ••
For the purposes of this Agreement, "consignment" means a quantity of products of the same type, covered by
the same health certificate or document, conveyed by the same means of transport, consigned by a single
consignee and originating from the same exporting party or part of such parry.
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                                      OUTSTANDING ISSUES
1. The Parties agree that the following areas are to be addressed, as part of a work programmé, in order
   to explore the possibility of achieving equivalency on the following items:
                     contaminants (including microbiological standards)
                     food additives
                     animal feeding stuffs                                                          %
                     medicated feeds and premixes
                     labelling of foodstuffs                                                   •
                     nutritional labelling
                     flavours
                     processing aids
                     chemicals originating from the migration of substances from packaging materials
                     irradiation                                                 . •       ;
                     sanitary stamps
                     zootechnical standards
2. Canada has submitted a document outlining a proposed model for a risk based import inspection
   model. There is agreement between the Parties to explore the possibility of implementing this
   approach.
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CONTACT POINTS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OK THIS AGREEMENT
A Party may unilaterally amend its section of this Annex. Such amendments shall be notified
to the other Party without delay, arid shall come into force-on vhe liaie specified in (he
notification, but shall not come into Jorce prior 10 the date of the noiincaiion.
Pursuant to Article 15(3). the following are the contact points for ecsci; of the Parties.
For Canada
The [initial] contact point is:
         Agriculture Counsellor
         Agriculture Section
          Canadian Mission to the European Union
         2 Avenue de Tervuren
          1040 Brussels, Belgium
   Telephone: (32) 2 741 -0610 (Agriculture Counsellor)
                (32) 2 741-0698 (Agricultural Affairs Assistant)
                (32) 2 741-0611 (Switchboard)
    Facsimile: (32)2 741-0629                                                   .        .
    Other important contacts are:
    For matters related to agriculture and agri-food products:
            Director General
            Food Inspection Directorate
            Food Production and Inspection Branch
            Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
            59 Camelot Drive
            Ncpean, Ontario
            K1A0Y9
   For matters related to fish and fishery products generally:
            Director General
            Inspection Directorate
            Department of Fisheries and Oceans
            200 Kent Street                                                                 .
            Ottawa, Ontario
            K1A0E6
   For matters specifically related to fish health and diseases:
            Director
            Aquaculture and Oceans Science Branch
            Department of Fisheries and oceans
                                                                                           Si
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                  200 Kent Street
                  Ottawa, Ontario
                  K1AÔE6
        For matters related to human health:
                  Director General
                  Food Directorate
                  Health Protection Branch
                 Health Canada
                 Health Protection Building, Tunney's Pasture
                  Ottawa, Ontario
                  K1A0L2
For the Community
The [initial] contact point is:
        The Director
        DGVI.B.H Quality and Health
  ,      Commission of the European Communities
:        rue de la Loi, 84 Room 6/3
        Brussels, Belgium
        Telephone: (32)2 296 3314
        Facsimile: (32)2 295WXYZ
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