G/TBT/N/CAN/674/Add.1  
 
9 June 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English /French  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  9 June 2023, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Canada . 
 
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Title:  Carriages and Strollers Regulations  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[X] Notified measure adopted - date: 7 June 2023  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 7 June 2023  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: These Regulations come into force on the day 
on which they were published in the Canada Gazette, Part II. These Regulations include 
a transitional provision that allows a product compliant to the previous Regulations to 
continue to be manufactured, imported, advertised, or sold in Canada for 180 days 
beginning on the day the Regula tions come into force. During this time, regulated parties 
may comply with either the previous Regulations or the new Regulations.  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2023/2023 -06-07/html/sor -dors101 -eng.html  
(English)  
https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2023/2023 -06-07/html/sor -dors101 -fra.html  
(French)  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  The proposed regulatory amendments notified in G/TBT/N/CAN/674 (dated 15 June 
2022) were adopted and published June 7, 2023 as the Carriages and Strollers Regulations (new 
Regulations) . 
The requirements of the now -repealed Carriages and Strollers Regulatio ns (repealed Regulations) 
had not changed substantively since they were introduced in 1985, while carriage and stroller design 
 
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  has evolved considerably. Current designs of carriages and strollers may present hazards that were 
not addressed by the repealed Regulations. In addition, some terminology in the repealed 
Regulations required clarification and updating to keep pace with current designs. Health Canada 
also identified lack of alignment with the requirements in other jurisdictions, and the limited time  
provided to transition from one standard or regulation to a new version, to be issues warranting 
amendment.  
The new Regulations cover five types of requirements related to carriages and strollers:  
1. Mechanical  
2. Surface coating materials  
3. Toxicological  
4. Phthala tes 
5. Information and warnings  
The new Regulations:  
(a) align mechanical requirements with those in other jurisdictions through an ambulatory 
incorporation by reference of international standards, including a period during which stakeholders 
may meet the mec hanical requirements of either the previous or new version of an international 
standard;  
(b) maintain alignment of applied coating materials requirements with the Toys Regulations ; 
(c) maintain alignment of toxicological requirements with the Toys Regulati ons; 
(d) align phthalates requirements with the Phthalates Regulations ; 
(e) increase alignment of information and warning requirements with other jurisdictions, while 
maintaining the official languages requirement for all information and warnings to be wri tten in both 
English and French.  
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