G/TBT/N/CAN/632/Add.4  
 
7 July 2022  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English /French  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  7 July 2022, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Canada . 
 
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Title:  Clean Fuel Regulations  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[X] Notified measure adopted - date: 20 June 2022  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 6 July 2022  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 6 July 2022 - registration opens for primary 
suppliers and voluntary credit creators  
1 July 2023 - coming into force of reduction requirements  
1 January 2024 - coming into force of Land Use and Biodiversity criteria  
[X] Text of final measure available fr om1:  
https://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2022/2022 -07-06/html/sor -dors140 -eng.html  
https://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2022/2022 -07-06/html/sor -dors140 -fra.ht ml 
https://pollution -waste.canada.ca/environmental -protection -
registry/regulations/view?Id=1170  (English)  
https://pollution -dechets.canada.ca/registre -protection -
environnementale/reglements/visualiser?Id=1170  (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[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  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 Clean Fuel Regulations  (CFR) were notified under G/TBT/N/CAN/632, 
G/TBT/N/CAN/632/Add.1, G/TBT/N/CAN/632/Add.2 and G/TBT/N/CAN/632/Add.3 respectively on 4 
January 2021, 18 March 2022, 1 April 2022, and 3 June 2022.  
The Regulations are designed to reduce GHG emissions by reducin g the lifecycle carbon intensity 
(CI) of liquid fossil fuels, specifically gasoline and diesel, used in Canada. This will be achieved 
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/CAN/632/Add.4  
 
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  through a flexible regulatory approach that incentivizes the uptake of low -carbon fuels and 
technologies.  
The CFR will req uire gasoline and diesel primary suppliers (i.e. producers and importers) to reduce 
the CI of the gasoline and diesel they produce and import for use in Canada from 2016 CI levels by 
3.5 grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per megajoule (gCO 2e/MJ) in 2023, increasing to 14 
gCO 2e/MJ in 2030.  
The CFR will also establish a credit market whereby the annual CI reduction requirement could be 
met via three main categories of credit -creating actions: (1) actions that reduce the CI of the fossil 
fuel throughout its l ifecycle, (2) supplying low -CI fuels, and (3) supplying fuel or energy in advanced 
vehicle technologies.  
Parties that are not primary suppliers can participate in the credit market as voluntary credit creators 
(e.g. low carbon intensity fuel producers and importers). In addition, the Regulations would retain 
the minimum volumetric requirements (at least 5% low CI fuel content in gasoline and 2% low CI 
fuel content in diesel fuel) currently set out in the federal Renewable Fuels Regulations  (RFR).  
The Regula tions come into force on the date the final Regulations are registered (June 20, 2022). 
As of this date, credit creators will be able to start creating credits. The annual reduction 
requirements come into force on July 1, 2023. The final compliance period for the RFR is 2022, with 
the final reporting and true -up period for the RFR occurring in 2023. The RFR will then be repealed 
in 2024.  
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