G/TBT/N/CAN/683  
21 November 2022  
(22-8655) 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:   
Department of Transport  
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 A uthority 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 
Email: 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):  
Construction and equipment of large vessels (ICS Code 47.020; 47.040); (HS Code 8900; 
8901)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Vessel 
Construction and Equipment Regulations, (97 pages, available in English & French)  
6. Description of content:  Transport Canada is proposing to update and consolidate 
requirements for the construction and equipment of new vessels 24 metres or more in  
length (excluding fishing vessels and pleasure craft as these vessels are governed by 
separate sets of regulations under the Canada Shipping Act, 2001  (CSA 2001)) into the 
new Vessel Construction and Equipment Regulations (the proposed Regulations). The 
proposed Regulations would also consolidate crew accommodation construction 
requirements for Canadian vessels that are required to be registered under Part 2 of the 
CSA 2001. The proposed Regulations would simplify the regulatory framework, while 
ensuring C anadian requirements for these vessels are clear and consistent with 
international requirements, modern standards, and industry best practices.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The primary objective of the proposed Regulations is to produce one set of 
regulatory requirements that would result in the construction and equipment of large 
vessels (24 metres or more in length), as well as the crew accommodations for all vessels G/TBT/N/CAN/683  
 
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  required to be registered under  the CSA 2001, being safe for their intended purposes. 
Implementation of the proposed Regulations is intended to ensure that Canadian 
requirements for the construction and equipment of new vessels are consistent with 
international requirements, modern stan dards, and industry best practices, while 
minimizing the impact on vessels currently operating under the Canadian flag both 
domestically and internationally.  
8. Relevant documents:   
Canada Gazette , Part I, Volume 156, 29 October 2022, pages 5292 -5388, 
https://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2022/2022 -10-29/pdf/g1 -15644.pdf  (available in 
English and French)  
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 
date of publication in the Canada Gazette, Part I I 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of notification  
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://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2022/2022 -10-29/html/reg4 -eng.html  (English)  
https://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2022/2022 -10-29/html/reg4 -fra.html  (French)