G/TBT/N/CAN/631/Add.1  
 
23 January 2023  
(23-0527) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English, French  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  23 January 2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Canada . 
 
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Title:  Regulations Amending the Hazardous Products Regulations (GHS, Seventh Revised Edition) , 
and Order Amending Schedule 2 to the Hazardous Products Act  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[X] Notified measure adopted - date: 15 December 2022  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 4 January 2023  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 15 December 2022  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
Canada Gazette, Part II Publication  
https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2023/2023 -01-04/pdf/g2 -15701.pdf#page=14  
https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p2/2023/2023 -01-04/pdf/g2 -15701.pdf#page=105  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  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 Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS), 
developed by the United Nations, is designed to standardize hazard classification and 
communication, such as labelling, for hazardous chemicals across various countries. Can ada 
implemented the 5th revised edition of the GHS as the Hazardous Products Regulations on 11 
February 2015. Under the authority of the Hazardous Products Act , Canada amended the Hazardous 
Products Regulations  to align with the 7th revised edition of the GHS and with select provisions from 
the 8th revised edition of the GHS, to provide greater clarity or additional precision to specific 
provisions, amend specific provisions to better reflect their original intent, and address 
administrative updates. As a r esult of the proposed amendments to the Hazardous Products 
Regulations , the Hazardous Products Act  also required amendments to Schedule 2.  
 
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  The Schedule and regulatory amendments support the Government of Canada in facilitating 
international trade through common labelling and other hazard communication requirements for 
workplace hazardous products; lowering costs for businesses and consumers by reducing the need 
for re -testing and re -classifying chemicals from, or for, different markets, as well as by reducing the 
need for preparing multiple sets of labels and safety data sheets for different markets; and increasing 
worker protection through adoption of a revised version of the globally recognized standard for 
communicating the hazards associated wit h workplace hazardous products.  
The amended Hazardous Products Regulations  were registered on December 15, 2022, and came 
into force on this date. Businesses who sell or import hazardous products intended for workplace 
use in Canada have a 3 -year transitio n period (spanning from December 15, 2022, to December 14, 
2025) to comply with the Regulations.  
Under the Canada -United States (U.S.) Regulatory Cooperation Council Joint Forward Plan, Canada 
has an international collaboration to align the Hazardous Produ cts Regulations  with the 7th revised 
edition of the GHS. To achieve this, Canada and the U.S. have publicly agreed to coordinate, to the 
extent possible, amendments to their respective regulations and align with the 7th revised edition 
of the GHS, with the  key objective of facilitating trade between the two countries. The amendments 
to the Hazardous Products Regulations  are expected to have positive effects on trade as they would 
also permit the continued use of one label and one safety data sheet per hazar dous product to meet 
the hazard communication requirements of both countries, subject to Canada's legal and health and 
safety frameworks.  
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