G/TBT/N/CAN/667  
10 March 2022  
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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:  Department of Health  
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 No tification 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 
E-mail: 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):  Veterinary 
drugs; (ICS: 11.220)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Consultation 
Proposal to amend List A (List of certain antimicrobial active pharmaceutical ingredients) 
- Proposed List A 2022  (2 pages, available in English and French)  
6. Description of content:  Health Canada intends to amend  List A  which  names certain 
antimicrobial active pharmaceutical ingredients that are important in human 
medicine . Ingredients on List A are subject to measures to help limit the development of 
resistance to these medically important antimicrobials and these measures are part of 
Health Canada's commitment  to protect public health and food safety.  
At Health Canada's Veterinary Drugs Directorate (VDD), we make changes to List A as 
required, including when:  
• Health Canada approves a new antimicrobial that meets the categorization 
criteria  
• there is new information about an antimicrobial available on the international 
market  
• there is new information about an antimicrobial already on the list  
Since publication of List A in 2017, newer antimicrobial agents that are important to 
human medicine have become av ailable. Health Canada has conducted a literature -based 
examination of antimicrobial drugs against a set of established criteria available on the G/TBT/N/CAN/667  
 
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  Health Canada's website and identified additional antimicrobial agents to be considered 
for inclusion or recla ssification on List A.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protecting animal health, public health and food safety; Other  
8. Relevant documents:   
List A: List of certain antimicrobial active pharmaceutical ingredients:  
 https://www.canada.ca/en/public -health/services/antibiotic -antimic robial -
resistance/animals/veterinary -antimicrobial -sales-reporting/list -a.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -publique/services/resistance -aux-antibiot iques-
antimicrobiens/animaux/rapports -ventes -medicaments -veterinaires -
antimicrobiens/liste -a.html  (French)  
About List A and medically important antimicrobials:  
https://www.canada.ca/en/public -health/services/antibiotic -antimicrobial -
resistance/animals/lists -incorporated -by-reference/about -list-a.html  (English)   
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -publique/services/resistance -aux-antibiotiques -
antimicrobiens/animaux/listes -incorpores -par-renvoi /a-propos -liste-a.html  (French)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  6 June 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 proposed amendments can be found:  
Consultation to amend List A (List of certain antimicrobial active pharmaceutical 
ingredients) - Proposed List A 2022  
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/programs/consultation -amend -list-a-
antimicrobial -active -pharmaceutical -ingredients.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sa nte-canada/programmes/consultation -modification -liste-a-
ingredients -actifs -pharmaceutiques -antimicrobiens.html  (French)  
 
Proposal to amend List A (List of certain antimicrobial active ingredients) – Proposed 
List A 2022  
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/programs/consultation -amend -list-a-
antimicrobial -active -pharmaceutical -ingredients/document.html  (English) 
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/programmes/consultation -modification -liste-a-
ingredients -actifs -pharmaceutiques -antimicrobiens/document.html  (French)