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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/142
28 August 2002
(02-4592)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English/
French
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CANADA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):  Aquatic plants and plants associ ated with forest products (060290)
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All
countries and territories including the continental US.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:
Policy directive D-96-20, 5th revision.
English:  Canadian Growing Media Program (CGMP), Prior Approval Process and Import
Requirements for Plants Rooted in Approved Media (English, 17 pages;  French, 18 pages).
Policy directive D-02-02, 1st revision.
English:  Plant Protection Import Requirements for Rooted, or Unrooted Plants, Plant Parts,
and Plants In Vitro  for Planting (English, 20 pages;  French, 22 pages).
6. Description of content:
D-96-20:  This directive contains the Canadian Growing Media Program (CGMP) and
states the phytosanitary import requirements for plants rooted in approved media notcontaining soil and/or associated with forest products.  Aquatic plants in growing media are
no longer exempt from the CGMP and all pl ants in growing media must now come from
approved facilities.
D-02-02:  This directive contains the general import requirements for plants and plant parts
for planting from all countries to prevent the entry and spread of quarantine pests intoCanada.  The CFIA is moving to prior approval for all off-continent material in the future.
General conditions for plants apply to all aquatic plants in addition to terrestrial plants.
Specific requirements apply for plants associated with forest products.
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [  X ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
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8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Policy directives
D-95-26 and D-95-14, and revocation letter for policy directive D-94-27, all available in
English and French.
10. Proposed date of adoption:
D-96-20 5th revision:  1 August 2002
D-02-02 1st revision:  13 August 2002
11. Proposed date of entry into force:
D-96-20 5th revision:  1 August 2002
D-02-02 1st revision:  13 August 2002
12. Final date for comments:  18 October 2002.  Comments will be considered and policies
revised as needed.
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
The electronic version of these documents can be found, for:
D-96-20 at:  http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/protect/dir/d-96-20e.shtml
D-02-02 at:  http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/protect/dir/d-02-02e.shtml