D-95-03: Plant protection policy for marine vessels arriving in Canada from areas regulated for Asian gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar, Lymantria albescens, Lymantria postalba, Lymantria umbrosa)

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has updated its Directive D-95-03: Plant protection policy for marine vessels arriving in Canada from areas regulated for Asian gypsy moth to reflect the changes to specified risk periods (SRPs) as noted in the North American Plant Protection Organization (NAPPO) "Position Document on Asian gypsy moth (AGM) specified risk periods in Japan, Russia, Republic of Korea and China". Those changes are based on the scientific and technical analysis conducted by the Asian gypsy moth (AGM) Expert Group of NAPPO, which includes members from the CFIA.North American Plant Protection Organization Position Document: Asian gypsy moth (AGM) specified risk periods in Japan, Russia, Republic of Korea and China. https://www.nappo.org/application/files/9116/3908/2771/20211209_AGM_PD07_Approved-e.pdf  (English)La Organización Norteamericana de Protección a las Plantas documento de posición: Períodos de riesgo especificados para la palomilla gitana asiática (PGA) en Japón, Rusia, República de Corea, y China. https://www.nappo.org/application/files/3716/3908/2771/20211209_AGM_PD07_Approved-s.pdf  (Spanish)Revisions to the SRPs to note are as follows:
      - Japan Western and Japan Eastern regions have been combined to form a single Japan Central SRP region. 
      - Two of the prefectures in the previous Western region - Akita and Yamagata - have been moved to the Japan Northern SRP region. 
      - The SRP start and end dates for some regions in Japan have been extended.
      - The SRP start and end dates have been extended in far-east Russia.
>The SRP's for China and  the Republic of Korea are not changing at this time.Countries in which a marine shipping industry operates will be the most affected as any vessels destined to Canada that called on ports in Japan, far-east Russia, China and the Republic of Korea during the AGM specified risk period will need to comply with the revised SRPs. Requests for inspection and certification services in all AGM-regulated countries need to take into account changes to SRPs in Japan and far-east Russia. 
Changes to the SRPs will come into force on 15 May 2022.
     - For the first year of implementation (2022), a transition between the old and new SRPs will be in place. For example, a vessel that received its certificate while the old SRPs were in place (2021) would not be penalized if it had not returned to a regulated area in the year that the new SRPs came into force (2022).