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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.5 
16 September 2004 
 (04-3902) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
Revision
 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Canadian Food Inspection Agency 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):   Propagative material, in cluding nursery stock, of regulated species;  wood 
products with bark of regula ted species;  non-propagative ma terial, including cut flowers, 
branches, wreaths, greenery, cuttings and pruni ngs of regulated species;  soil and growing 
media. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   United 
States and the European Union  
5. Title, language  and number of pages of the notified document:  D-01-01 (9th Revision):  
Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Entry of Phytophthora ramorum  Associated 
with Sudden Oak Death into Cana da (available in English, 15 pages;  French, 17 pages).  
6. Description of content:  This directive contains the phy tosanitary requirements for the 
importation of propagative and non-propagative host materials of a serious pathogen, 
Phytophthora ramorum  (Sudden Oak Death). 
Canada has changed the regulated areas within  the United States to include Lake County, 
California based on the presence of P. ramorum  in the environment in this county. 
Canada has also added genera to the list of regulated plants on the basis of reports that P. 
ramorum , has been detected on these plan ts.  New genera regulated for P. ramorum  are:  
Calluna  (heather), Drimys  (winter's bark), Laurus  (laurel) and Salix  (willow). 
(This notice supercedes  G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.4) 
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [ X ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ]  protect territory from other damage from pests  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:   P. ramorum  is a 
quarantine pest to Canada.  Cana da will continue to revise its lists of regulated areas and 
regulated host plants as new information on the distribution and host ra nge of this pathogen 
becomes available. G/SPS/N/CAN/157/Rev.5 
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 9. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [ X ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  
10. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:    
U.S. Department of Agriculture List of Associated Host Plants 
www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/is pm/sod/usdasodlist.html  (available in English) 
Recent Modifications to U.S. Department of Agriculture Phytophthora ramorum  Regulations 
www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/is pm/sod/regs/index.html  (available in English) 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):    
20 May 2004 for newly regulated areas 
25 August 2004 for newly regulated genera 
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point,  or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/p rotect/dir/d-01-01e.shtml#3.1 (English)  
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/francais/plaveg /protect/dir/d-01-01f.shtml#3.1 (French)  
 