WORLD TRADE
G/TBT/N/CAN/343
1 September 2011
ORGANIZATION
(11-4281)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
Original: English/
French
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6
1.
Notifying Member: CANADA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):
2.
Agency responsible: Department of the Environment and Department of Health
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:
Canadian Enquiry Point,
200-270 Albert Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1P 6N7
Tel.: +1 613 238 3222, Fax: +1 613 569 7808
E-mail: enquirypoint@scc.ca
3.
Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:
4.
Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Hazardous chemicals and
pesticides (ICS : 13.020, 65.100)
5.
Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Proposed Export of
Substances on the Export Control List Regulations (19 pages, available in English and
French)
6.
Description of content: The proposed Export of Substances on the Export Control List
Regulations (the proposed Regulations) would serve as Canada's system of export controls for
substances that are listed to the Export Control List (ECL) in Schedule 3 of the Canadian
Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999). The ECL is a list of substances to which
export controls apply in Canada. The proposed Regulations, which pertain to the ECL, relate
to Canada's international obligations under the Stockholm Convention and Rotterdam
Convention that control the global trade in chemical substances. The proposed Regulations
also set out the content and form of the notice of proposed export required for the export of
substances listed to the ECL under CEPA 1999.
There are currently two sets of regulations (the Export Control List Notification Regulations
[ECLN Regulations] and the Export of Substances Under the Rotterdam Convention
Regulations [ESURC Regulations] with which Canadian exporters of substances on the ECL
must comply. The proposed Regulations would merge the ECLN Regulations and the
ESURC Regulations and new provisions would be added to assist Canada in meeting its
obligations for export under the Stockholm Convention. The requirements of the ECLN and
ESURC Regulations would generally be maintained. Some changes would be introduced to
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avoid duplication and to clarify the labelling and export requirements of the Rotterdam
Convention.
7.
Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human health and the environment
8.
Relevant documents: Canada Gazette, Part I, 6 August, 2011, Pages 2616-2634 (available
in English and French)
9.
Proposed date of adoption:
Normally within 5 to 8 months of publication in
the Canada Gazette, Part I.
Proposed date of entry into force:
On the day on which the measure is adopted
10.
Final date for comments: 20 October 2011
11.
Text available from: National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2011/2011-08-06/pdf/g1-14532.pdf#page=80
(Canada Gazette) or
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2011/2011-08-06/html/reg2-eng.html (English)
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2011/2011-08-06/html/reg2-fra.html (French)