G/TBT/N/CAN/674  
15 June 2022  
(22-4663)  Page: 1/3 
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 Notification Auth ority 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 [  ], 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):  Carriages 
and strollers, Baby carriages and parts thereof (HS Code 8715.00.0000), Equipment for 
children (ICS Code 97.190).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Carriages and 
Strollers Regulations (30 pages, available in English and French)  
6. Description of content:  The requirements of the Carriages and Strollers Regulations  
(Regulations) have not changed substantively since  they were introduced in 1985, while 
carriage and stroller design has evolved considerably. Current designs of carriages and 
strollers may present hazards that are not addressed by the Regulations. In addition, 
some terminology could be clarified and updat ed to keep pace with current designs. 
Health Canada has also identified requirements that are not aligned with the requirements 
in other jurisdictions, and the limited time provided to transition from one standard or 
regulation to a new version, to be issu es warranting amendment.  
This regulatory proposal covers five types of requirements related to carriages and 
strollers:  
1. Mechanical  
2. Surface coating materials  G/TBT/N/CAN/674  
 
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  3. Toxicological  
4. Phthalates  
5. Information and warnings  
The proposed repeal and replace of  the Carriages and Strollers Regulations would:  
(a) align mechanical requirements with those in other jurisdictions through ambulatory 
incorporation by reference of international standards, including a period when a new 
version of a standard incorporated b y reference is published that would allow 180 days 
to manufacture or import and 365 days to advertise or sell products that meet either the 
new or the previous version of the standard;  
(b) align surface coating materials requirements with the proposed amen dments to the 
Surface Coating Materials Regulations  that were pre -published in Canada Gazette , Part I 
on April 24, 2021 ( https://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2021/2021 -04-24/html/reg1 -
eng.html ), notified to the WTO as G/TBT/N/CAN/640;  
(c) align toxicological requirements with the Toys Regulations ; 
(d) align phthalates requirements with the Phthalates Regulations ; 
(e) increase alignment of information and warning requirements with other jurisdictions, 
and maintain the official languages requirement for all information and warnings to be 
written in bo th English and French.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This regulatory proposal is expected to help reduce the number of injuries in 
children by adding mechanical, information, and warning requirements  to address known 
hazards that arose after the current Regulations came into force, including strangulation, 
entrapment, and the integrity of car seat attachments. This regulatory proposal will also 
help prevent harmful health effects in children by addres sing phthalates hazards in 
carriages and strollers. There are no expected safety benefits from the changes to the 
toxicological and surface coating materials requirements, the proposed changes are 
intended to update and clarify the terminology regarding to xicological and surface coating 
materials requirements. This regulatory proposal is expected to generate monetary 
benefits primarily through a reduction in costs to industry. Every company sampled during 
the cost -benefit analysis survey identified that som e cost savings would occur as a result 
of not having to test to multiple mechanical standards when supplying the North American 
market because of the proposed Regulations' alignment with international standards.  
8. Relevant documents:   
Canada Gazette, Part I, 11 June 2022, pages 3099 -3128 (available in English and French) 
https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2022/2022 -06-11/pdf/g1 -15624.pdf#page=226   
9. Proposed date of adoption:  On the date of publication in the Canada Gazette, Part II.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  These Regulations would come into force on the 
day on which they are published in the Canada Gazette, Part II. These proposed 
Regulatio ns include a transitional provision that allows a product compliant to the current 
Regulations to continue to be manufactured, imported, advertised, or sold in Canada for 
180 days beginning on the day the proposed Regulations come into force. During this 
time, regulated parties may comply with either the previous Regulations or the proposed 
Regulations.  
10. Final date for comments:  20 August 2022  G/TBT/N/CAN/674  
 
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  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:  
https://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2022/2022 -06-11/html/reg3 -eng.html  
https://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2022/2022 -06-11/html/reg3 -fra.html