Meeting of the sanitary and phytosanitary joint management Committee

Ottawa, 25-27 October 2022 (in person and videoconference)

Agenda

Day 1 – 25 october 2022

• 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 follow up of action items from JMC 2021
• 3. Information Sharing
  • 3.1. Pesticides, Maximum Residue Limits and Import Tolerances for Plant Protection Products - Neonicotinoids (Canada)
  • 3.2 mls Contaminants - Hydrocyanic Acid in flaxseed (Canada)
  • 3.3 Veterinary Medicinal Products (Canada)
• 4. Opportunities for enhanced cooperation
  • 4.1 Antimicrobial resistance (Canada / EU)
  • 4.2 Regulatory Implementation (Canada)
• 5. Specific Issue Management: PLANT
  • 5.1. Exports of fresh tomato with vines, stems, and calyces (EU)
  • 5.2 Recognition of EU’s pest free areas for Asian and citrus long horned beetles (EU)
  • 5.3. EU export applications of berries (EU)
  • 5.4. Fresh cranberries requirements for export to the EU (Canada)
  • 5.5. Growing media in association with shipments of plants (Canada)
  • 5.6.  Renewal of derogation from Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 as regards the requirements for the introduction into the Union of ash wood and birch wood originating or processed in Canada (Canada)
  • 5.7. Wood chips requirements for export to the EU (Canada)

Day 2 – 26 october 2022

• 6. Specific issue management: food safety
  • 6.1. Eu priority certificates (eu)
  • 6.2. Canadian priority certificates (canada)
  • 6.3. Access to canadian import requirements / follow-up on eu’s market access applications (eu market access data base / access2markets database) (eu / canada)
  • 6.4. Eu export of meat to canada - certification requirements (eu)
  • 6.5. Peroxyacetic acid (canada)
• 7. Audits
  • 7.1. Incoming and outgoing audits: on-going/completed, planned & under consideration (canada / eu)
  • 7.2. Recognition of eu member states meat inspection systems (eu)
• 8. Specific issue management: animal health
  • 8.1. Recognition of zoning for animal diseases (canada / eu)
  • 8.2. Eu requirements: classical swine fever (canada)
  • 8.3. Exports of bees to canada (eu)
  • 8.4. Eu requirements: pet food (canada)
  • 8.5. Harmonized certificate for equine semen to canada (eu)

Day 3 – 27 october 2022

• 9. Agreement of minutes & commitments
• 10. Official closing of annual meeting