G/TBT/N/CAN/579/Add.1  
 
6 January 2021  
(21-0195) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English, French  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  5 January 2021 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Canada . 
 
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Title: Off-road Compression -Ignition (Mobile and Stationary) and Large Spark -Ignition Engine 
Emission Regulations  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[  ] Comment period changed - date:   
[X] Notified measure adopted - date: 4 December 2020  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 23 December 2020  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 4 June 2021  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2020/2020 -12-23/html/sor -dors2 58-eng.html  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2020/2020 -12-23/html/sor -dors258 -fra.html   
https://pollution -waste.canada.ca/environmental -protection -
registry/regulations/view?Id=1160   
https://pollution -dechets.canada.ca/registre -protection -
environnementale/reglements/visualiser?Id=1160  
[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:  
[  ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[  ] Other:  
 
Description:  The Regulations will reduce air pollutant emissions from off -road mobile compression -
ignition engines, off -road stationary compression -ignition engines, and off -road large spark -ignition 
engines.   Mobile compression -ignition engines are typically found in  machines used in agricultural, 
construction, forestry, and mining applications. Stationary compression -ignition engines are typically 
used to provide electricity in remote communities, to power industrial equipment such as air 
compressors, heating, ventil ation and air conditioning control systems, and as a back -up or 
emergency sources of power for buildings.   Large spark -ignition engines produce more than 19 kW 
(25 hp) of power and are typically installed in off -road machines such as forklifts, small gener ators 
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/CAN/579/Add.1  
 
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  and ice resurfacers (e.g. Zambonis). These regulations were previously notified in 
G/TBT/N/CAN/579.  
These Regulations repeal and replace the existing Off -Road Compression -Ignition Engine Emission 
Regulations, combining the previous mobile compression -ignition engine standards together with 
the new large spark -ignition engine and stationary compression -ignition engine standards into one 
consistent framework. Emission standards for mobile compression -ignition engines will remain 
unchanged, although some  new flexibility for certain applications of mobile compression -ignition 
engines will be introduced. The Regulations will come into force on June 4, 2021 and the newly 
introduced standards will apply to large spark -ignition engines and stationary compressi on-ignition 
engines manufactured after this date. Mobile compression -ignition engines of the 2006 and later 
model years must meet the applicable emissions standards in place at their time of manufacture.  
Persons importing, manufacturing or distributing th ese types of engines for sale or for their own use 
in Canada will be subject to the Regulations.  
Regulated parties will be required to submit import declarations and evidence of conformity under 
the Regulations. Each engine will be required to have the app ropriate label affixed. Regulated parties 
that manufacture engines in Canada will be required to be authorized to affix the National Emissions 
Mark. Should a defect in the engine with respect to its emissions become evident, regulated parties 
will be requi red to report the defect.  
The Regulations will not apply to engines that are in transit through Canada, from a place outside 
Canada to another place outside Canada.  
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