. /. WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CAN/98 
10 May 2004  
 
(04-2072) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: English/ 
 French 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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, Onta rio, 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 app licable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Cribs and cradles 
(ICS: 97.140, 97.190) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Cribs and 
Cradles Regulations (pages 1363-1383; English and French) 
Proposed Order Amending Schedule I to the Ha zardous Products Act (C ribs and Cradles) 
(pages 1384-1385;  English and French) 
6. Description of content:   The purpose of this regulatory initiative is to improve the 
protection of the health and safety of the Cana dian public, especially children, when using 
cribs and cradles. This is accomplished by amending the current Hazardous Products (Cribs 
and Cradles) Regulations , as well as Item 25 of Schedule I to the Hazardous Products Act 
(HPA).  
The proposed amendment to the current Cribs and Cradles Regulations  and to Schedule I of 
the HPA  seek to  
1. eliminate toeholds that could enable a child to climb out of a crib and fall to the floor with a risk of injury;  2. increase the side-height requirements from 560 mm to 660 mm for rigid folding and rigid 
portable cribs to make them similar to the requirement for standard cribs; and  
3. update the Regulations, which includes ame nding Item 25 of Part II, Schedule I, to the 
HPA, from "Standard cribs, portable cribs and cradles" to "Cribs and cradles" thereby 
broadening the definition of a crib.  In response to industry requests, the proposed am endment also seeks to  
 
1. clarify the definitions of the various types of sides in cribs;  
2. continue the exclusion of fabric or so ft-sided portable cribs from the scope of the 
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3. harmonize Canadian requirements with tho se of the United States concerning the safety 
of crib corner posts.  
The revised Regulations will prohibit the sale,  advertisement and importation of both new 
and used rigid cribs and cradles which do not  meet the requirements and will permit only 
those that meet the requirements of the Regula tions to be sold, advertised, and imported.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and safety 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 1 May 2004 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   not stated 
10. Final date for comments:   15 July 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/2004/20040501/pdf/g1-13818.pdf