G/TBT/N/CAN/675  
15 June 2022  
(22-4665) Page: 1/2 
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:   
Health 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 above:   
Canada's Notification Authority a nd 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 
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Tobacco, 
tobacco products and related equipment (ICS: 65.160).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed 
Regulations Amending the Tobacco Products Regulations (Plain and Standardized 
Appearance)  (93 pages, available in English and in French) and proposed Order Amending 
Schedule 1 to the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act  (2 pages, available in English and in 
French)  
6. Description of c ontent:  The proposed Regulations Amending the  Tobacco Products 
Regulations (Plain and Standardized Appearance)  would set out enhanced labelling 
requirements for all tobacco product packages to better inform tobacco users of the health 
hazards associated wi th tobacco use. It would allow requirements for tobacco products 
currently not regulated, including packages of tubes, water pipe tobacco, blunt wraps, 
and products intended for use with devices, devices and their parts. This proposal would 
also streamline  all tobacco packaging and labelling requirements in a single set of 
regulations; the Tobacco Products Information Regulations  and the Tobacco Products 
Labelling Regulations (Cigarettes and Little Cigars)  would be repealed.  
The proposed Regulations would: standardize the size of the health warnings to 75% of 
the display area to all tobacco product packages; require the display of text health 
warnings on individual cigarettes, little cigars that have a filter, and tubes; require a new 
placement for health in formation messages on cigarette packages; and, introduce an G/TBT/N/CAN/675  
 
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  ambulatory incorporation by reference of the source document. All health -related 
messages would follow a pre -determined rotation scheme through which a series of 
messages would be replaced periodi cally. 
The proposed Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act  would 
permit the use of colouring agents to whiten the tipping paper used on cigarettes, little 
cigars that have a filter, and tubes, where needed to create a white backgr ound where 
the health warnings need to be displayed.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The overall objectives of the proposals are to: increase public awareness, 
particularly among young persons, of the health hazards of tobacco use; help prevent the 
public from being misled or deceived about those hazards; help protect young persons 
and others from inducements to use tobacco products.  
The proposal would support Canada's Tobacco Strategy, which aims to reduce the burden 
of disease and death from tobacco use, its consequential impact on the health care system 
and Canadian society. The proposal would also bring Canada into full compliance with its 
tobacco labelling obligations under Article 11 of the World Health Organisation's 
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control . 
8. Relevant documents:   
Canada Gazette , Part I, 11 June 2022, pages 3157 -3251, (available in English and in 
French) https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2022/2022 -06-11/pdf/g1 -
15624.pdf#page=284  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Final publication of the Regulations and Order in the 
Canada Gazette, Part II is expecte d in 2023.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  The Regulations and Order would come into force 
on the day after they are registered, with a six -month transition period for manufacturers 
and importers, and a nine -month transition period for retailers.  
10. Final date for comments:  25 August 2022  
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 found at:  
Proposed Regulations:  
https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2022/2022 -06-11/html/reg5 -eng.html  
https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2022/2022 -06-11/html/reg5 -fra.html  
Proposed Order:  
https://canadagazett e.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2022/2022 -06-11/html/reg6 -eng.html  
https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2022/2022 -06-11/html/reg6 -fra.html