G/TBT/N/CAN/636  
24 March 2021  
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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:  Environment and Climate Change Canada  
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 ab ove:  
Canada's Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0G2  
Canada  
Telephone: (343) 203 -4273 
Fax: (613) 943 -0346 
Email: enquirypoint@international.gc.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):  Animals 
and plants covered under the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species 
(CITES)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Regulations 
Amending the Wild Animal and Plan t Trade Regulations (126 pages, available in English 
and French)  
6. Description of content:  Amendments to the Wild Animal and Plant Trade Regulations  
(WAPTR), under the authority of subsection 21(1) of the Wild Animal and Plant Protection 
and Regulation o f International and Interprovincial Trade Act  (WAPPRIITA), in order to 
reflect the amendments adopted during the 18th Conference of the Parties (CoP18) to 
the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Forty -six 
amendments to the list s of species protected under the Convention were adopted.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The amendments will contribute to international efforts in the conservation 
of species at risk, and ensure that  Canada's regulatory framework is aligned with that of 
other Parties to the Convention, including the United States and the European Union, 
facilitating trade for businesses.  ; Protection of animal or plant life or health  G/TBT/N/CAN/636  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Canada Gazette , Part II, Volume 154, 2 September 2020, pages 2098 to 2223 
https://gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2020/2020 -09-02/html/sor -dors179 -eng.html   
Regulations Amending the Wild Animal and Plant Trade Regulations: SOR/2020 -179 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2020/2020 -01-18/html/notice -avis-eng.html   
Wild Ani mal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade 
Act https://lois -laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/W -8.5/index.html  
Wild Animal and Plant Trade Regulatio ns  http://lois -
laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR -96-263/index.html   
The above documents are available in English and French.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  The amendments to the CITES appendices were adopted 
during CoP18 which took place from 17 August 2019 to 28 August 2019.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  The amended regulations (WAPTR) came into force 
on 25 August 2020 and published in the Canada Gazet te Part II on 2 September 2020.  
10. Final date for comments:  Non applicable (An exemption from pre -publishing the 
amendments in the Canada Gazette, Part I, was obtained by Environment and Climate 
Change Canada given the extensive consultations undertaken prior to Canada's 
participation in CoP18 and due to Canada's obligation to implement the changes agreed 
to in CoPs.)  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
https://gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2020/2020 -09-02/html/sor -dors179 -eng.html  
https://gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2020/2020 -09-02/html/sor -dors179 -fra.html