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Notifying Member: Canada
If applicable, name of local government involved:
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Agency responsible: Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
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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): Grapevine propagative material, excluding seeds
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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
[ ] All trading partners
[X] Specific regions or countries: France, Germany, United States of America
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Title of the notified document: D-94-34: Import and Domestic Movement Requirements for Grapevine Propagative Material Language(s): English and French Number of pages: 17 and 19
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Description of content: The purpose of this revision is to:
- Update the list of approved grapevine propagative material from countries other than the United States of America;
- Add the list of countries and regions that have Canadian Food Inspection Agency - approved Vitis export programs. This list was previously found in D-94-35: List of Sources Approved to Export Fruit Tree and Grape Propagative Material to Canada;
- Update the list of approved nurseries permitted to ship grapevine propagative materials to Canada; and
- Update treatment requirements for grapevine propagative material.
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Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, [ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from other damage from pests.
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Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text)
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number)
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number) ISPM 14: The use of integrated measures in a systems approach for pest risk management. International Plant Protection Convention, 2002
[ ] None
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?
[X] Yes [ ] No
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard:
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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: Not available
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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): 26 June 2015
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): 26 June 2015
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Proposed date of entry into force: [X] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): 26 December 2015
[ ] Trade facilitating measure
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Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 19 June 2015
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body:
Comments can be submitted directly to:
Horticulture Section
Plant Health and Biosecurity Directorate
59 Camelot Drive
Ottawa (Ontario) Canada
K1A 0Y9
Tel: +(613) 773 7180
E-mail: horticulture@inspection.gc.ca
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Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body:
E-mail: horticulture@inspection.gc.ca
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