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Agenda: Meeting of the CETA Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Joint Management Committee

October 21-22, 2026 (Ottawa and by videoconference)

Day 1 – October 21, 2026

  1. Introduction (Canada and EU)
    1. Opening remarks and introductions
    2. Adoption of the agenda
  2. Operation and implementation of the SPS chapter (Canada and EU)
    1. Review of progress from SPS JMC 2025
    2. Update to CETA Annex 5-E: Recognition of sanitary and phytosanitary measures
  3. Information sharing
    1. EU Vision for agriculture - Livestock Strategy and companion Protein Plan (EU)
    2. EU pesticides and contaminants (Canada)
  4. Specific issue management: Food safety
    1. Canada Export of Meat to the EU (Canada)
      1. Simplified meat certificates
      2. Animal casings eligibility
      3. Recognition of Canada's Controlled Housing Conditions for Trichinella
    2. EU Export of Meat to Canada (EU)
      1. Recognition of Member States meat inspection systems and reinstatement of cancelled systems
      2. Groupage of shipments from various EU MS for export to Canada
    3. Canada proposed amendments to EU TRACES certificates for exports to Canada (Canada)
    4. Processed meat harmonized certificate for export to Canada (EU)
    5. Changes to health mark numbers on approved establishments exporting to Canada (Canada)
    6. EU-Canada regulatory differences on residues of veterinary substances in meat and milk (EU)
    7. Incoming/Outgoing Audits and Evaluations (Canada and EU)
      1. On-going and completed
      2. Planned and under consideration
  5. Closing remarks and summary of agreed commitments from day 1

Day 2 – October 22, 2026

  1. Specific issue management: Plant health
    1. EU exemption for birch (Betula spp.) veneer that is less than 1mm in thickness (Canada)
    2. Pest risk assessment status of raspberries exports to Canada and Cherries from Spain (EU)
    3. EU recognition of heat treatment (56/30) as a phytosanitary measure for debarked sawn wood of Betula spp (Canada)
    4. Status of EFSA assessment for Malus spp plants for planting to the EU (Canada)
    5. EU Export applications of fresh tomato with vines, stems, and calyces under a pilot project, and tomatoes without green parts from Italy (EU)
    6. Propagative material to the EU (Canada)
      1. derogation for Fragaria pertaining to the regulation of Anthonomus signatus, and;
      2. equivalency recognition
    7. EU-Canada Apple project with EFSA (EU)
  2. Specific issue management: Animal health
    1. EU Requirements for Food Supplements Containing Ingredients of Animal Origin (Canada)
    2. Export of Slovenia Bees to Canada (EU)
    3. IBR semen testing for IN VIVO embryos (Canada)
    4. Recognition of FMD free status of EU Member States (EU)
    5. Recognition of Canada’s farmed terrestrial species (bovine, ovine/caprine, camelids, porcine) as free of named Brucella hazards. Update from the EU on progress of analysis requested (B. abortus, B. Suis B. Melitensis, B. Ovis). (Canada)
    6. Request for an update on the Shamonda virus in Europe (Canada)
    7. Canada’s proposal for certificates for pet supplements, animal display items, and raw/minimally heat-treated pet food (Canada)
    8. Canada’s restrictions on dairy products in relation to Lumpy Skin Disease (EU)
  3. Closing of annual meeting and Summary of agreed commitments from day 2 (Canada and EU)
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