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Provisional agenda: Meeting of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Joint Management Committee

October 3-5, 2023 (Brussels)

Day 1 – 3 October 2023

  1. Welcome and introduction
    1. 1.1. Opening Remarks
    2. 1.2. Introductions
    3. 1.3. Adoption of the Agenda
  2. Operation and implementation of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Chapter (SPS)
    1. 2.1. Review and follow up of action items from Joint Management Committee (JMC) 2022
  3. Information sharing
    1. 3.1. Pesticides, Maximum Residue Limits and Import Tolerances for Plant Protection Products (Canada)
    2. 3.2 Veterinary Medicinal Products (Canada) 
    3. 3.3 Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) vaccination (EU-Canada)
  4. Specific issue management: food safety
    1. 4.1. EU Priority Certificates (EU)                    
    2. 4.2. Canadian Priority Certificates (Canada)
    3. 4.3  Canada’s update of “Policy on Listeria monocytogenes in Ready to Eat foods” (EU)
    4. 4.4  Peroxyacetic Acid (Canada)
    5. 4.5 Access to Canadian Import Requirements / follow-up on EU’s market access applications (EU Market Access Data Base / Access2Markets database) (EU / Canada)
  5. Audits
    1. 5.1. Incoming and Outgoing Audits: On-going/Completed, Planned & Under Consideration (Canada / EU)
    2. 5.2. Recognition of EU Member States meat inspection systems (EU)

Day 2 – 4 October 2023

  1. Specific issue management: plant
    1. 6.1. Exports of fresh tomato with vines, stems, and calyces (EU)
    2. 6.2 Recognition of EU’s pest free areas for Asian and citrus long horned beetles (EU)
    3. 6.3. EU export applications of berries (EU)
    4. 6.4. Fresh cranberries requirements for export to the EU (Canada)
    5. 6.5.  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)
    6. 6.6. Canada’s System Approach to export Maple (Acer spp) (Canada)
  2. Specific issue management: animal health
    1. 7.1. Recognition of zoning for animal diseases (Canada / EU)
    2. 7.2. EU requirements: Classical Swine Fever (Canada)
    3. 7.3. Exports of bees to Canada (EU)
    4. 7.4. EU Requirements: Pet food (Canada)

Day 3 – 5 October 2023

  1. Agreement of minutes and commitments
  2. Official closing of annual meeting
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