. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CAN/81
27 November 2003
(03-6307)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English/
French
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CANADA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Department of Health
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
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:  info@scc.ca
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 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):   Candles and Wicks
(ICS: 13.220.40, 13.300, 97.180)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Candles
Regulations and Proposed Order Amending Sc hedule I to the Hazardous Products Act
(Candles and Wicks)  (pages 3647-3660;  English and French)
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this regulatory initiative is to improve the
protection of the health and safety of Canadians when exposed to candles.  This is
accomplished by introducing labelling, composition, and performance requirements for
candles within a common Candles Regulations .  The Candles Regulations restrict the lead
content of candle wicks with metallic cores and set requirements for warning labels on
candles or their packaging.  To ensure that all legislative requirements for candles are easily
accessible by manufacturers or importers, the existing prohibition of candles which mayspontaneously relight when extinguished has been transferred to the Candles Regulations .
The key components of this regulatory initiative are as follows:
− Mandatory bilingual warning labels and safe-use instructions on the candle or its
packaging;
− maximum allowable lead content limit of 600 mg/kg for the cores of metallic candle
wicks;
− continued prohibition on candles which may spontaneously re-light when
extinguished; and
− requirement for test methodologies that conform to good laboratory practices as set
out by the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD).G/TBT/N/CAN/81
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The Hazardous Products Act prohibits or restricts the advertisement, sale or importation of
products which are or are likely to be a danger to the health or safety of the public.  The
proposed Candles Regulations are consistent with Health Canada’s commitment to
eliminate unnecessary lead exposure in children through its proposed Lead Risk Reduction
Strategy for Consumer Products, to protect Canadians against health risk factors over whichthey have little control, and to promote the safe use of products.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human health
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 22 November 2003
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not stated
10. Final date for comments:   5 February 2004
11. Texts 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://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2003/20031122/pdf/g1-13747.pdf