. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/CAN/40
12 June 2002
(02-3248)
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 the Environment
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,
ext. 491, Fax.: +1 613 569 7808, E-mail: info@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 pesticides
(ICS: 65.100)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Order
Amending Schedule 3 to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
(pages 1682-1687; English and French)
6. Description of content:   The Export Control List, Schedule 3 of CEPA, 1999, consists of
three parts. Part 1 of the List includes substances, such as Mirex, whose use is prohibited in
Canada. These substances may only be exported under very limited circumstances (e.g. for
destruction).  Part 2 of the List includes substances for which notification and consent for
export are required by an international agreement. Examples of these substances include
DDT and Lindane.  Part 3 of the List includes substances whose use is restricted in Canada
by or under a federal Act of Parliament. Examples of these substances includeozonedepleting substances.
The purpose of the proposed order is to add Binapacryl (CAS 485-31-4), Toxaphene
(CAS  8001-35-2), 1,2-dichloroethane  (E thylene Dichloride) [CAS 107-06-2], and
Ethylene Oxide (CAS 75-21-8) to Part 2 of Schedule 3 of CEPA, 1999.  These substances
have become subject to the prior informed c onsent (PIC) procedure as pesticides under the
Rotterdam Convention (visit http://www.fao.org/ag/agp/agpp/pesticid/pic/dgdhome.htm).
The PIC procedure provides an efficient method for the exchange of information about a
small number of  “banned” or “severely restricted” chemicals and pesticides, and “acutely
hazardous pesticide formulations,” among parties to the Rotterdam Convention.G/TBT/N/CAN/40
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of human health and the environment
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 1 June 2002
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not stated
10. Final date for comments:   31 July 2002
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 Canada Gazette Part I can be downloaded at:
http://canada.gc.ca/gazette/part1/pdf/g1-13622.pdf