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)
