Meeting of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Joint Management Committee (Videoconference), November 16-19, 2021

Agenda

Day 1 – November 16, 2021

• 1. Welcome and introduction
  • 1.1. Opening remarks
  • 1.2. Introductions
  • 1.3. Adoption of the agenda

• 2. Operation and implementation of the SPS chapter
  • 2.1. Rules of procedure
  • 2.2. Review and confirmation of tracking items

• 3. Information sharing
  • 3.1. EU Farm to Fork Strategy (EU)
  • 3.2. Maximum residue limits and import tolerances for plant protection products (Canada)
  • 3.3. Contaminants – maximum residue levels (MRLs) (Canada)
  • 3.4. Titanium dioxide (Canada)
  • 3.5 Veterinary medicinal products (Canada)   

• 4. Specific issue management: PLANT
  • 4.1. Exports of fresh tomato with vines, stems, and calyces (EU)
  • 4.2. Recognition of EU’s pest free areas for Asian and citrus long horned beetles (EU)
  • 4.3. EU export applications of cherries (EU)
  • 4.4. EU export applications of berries (EU)

Day 2 – November 17, 2021

• 5. Specific issue management: food safety
  • 5.1. Audits
    • 5.1.1. Incoming and outgoing audits-information (EU/Canada)
    • 5.1.2. Recognition of EU Member States’ meat inspection systems (Canada audit) (EU)
    • 5.1.3. EU audit in Canada on bovine and pig meat intended for export to the EU (EU Audit, 2019) (EU)
  • 5.2.  Discussion on simplified public health attestation on new model certificates (formerly Simplified Certificates for Canadian exports of meat and meat products and TRACES certificates for the European Union) (Canada)
  • 5.3. Food safety and animal health
    • 5.3.1 Certificates import-export (EU/Canada)

Day 3 – November 18, 2021

• 6. Specific issue management: animal health
  • 6.1. Exports of bees to Canada (EU)
  • 6.2. Use of processed animal protein in feed (EU)
  • 6.3. Canada’s legislative requirements on imports of dogs (EU)
  • 6.4. Recognition of zoning for animal diseases (Canada’s regionalization recognition on African Swine Fever, Import Permits) (Canada)
  • 6.5. New EU African Swine Fever (ASF) Implementing Regulation (EU/2021/605) (Canada)
  • 6.6. Negotiation of harmonized certificates for exports of Atlantic herring for bait and for further processing from the EU to Canada (Canada)

Day 4 – November 19, 2021

• 7. Agreement of minutes & commitments
• 8. Official closing of annual meeting