G/TBT/N/CAN/633  
5 January 2021  
(21-0097) 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@int ernational.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):  Vaping 
Products including e -cigarettes, e -liquids; Tobacco, tobacco products and related 
equipment (ICS 65.160)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed 
Concentration of Nicotine in Vaping Products Regulations (44 page s, available in English 
and in French)  
6. Description of content:  The proposed Regulations would establish a maximum nicotine 
concentration of 20 mg/mL for vaping products manufactured or imported for sale in 
Canada. They would also prohibit the packaging  and sale of vaping products if the nicotine 
concentration displayed on the package exceeds that limit.  
The proposed Regulations would also amend the Vaping Products Labelling and Packaging 
Regulations (VPLPR) to align with this limit for products intended  for the domestic market, 
while continuing to prohibit a nicotine concentration of 66 mg/mL or more in vaping 
products intended for export.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The overall objective of the TVPA with respect to vaping products is to 
prevent vaping product use from leading to the use of tobacco products by young persons 
and non -users of tobacco products; Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/CAN/633  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• Canada Gazette , Part I, 19 December 2020, pages 4192 -4235 (available in 
English and French)  
http://gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2020/2020 -12-19/pdf/g1 -15451.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Final publication of the Regulations in the Canada Gazette, 
Part II is expected in the third quarter of 2021.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  The Regulations would come into force 15 days 
after their publication in the Canada Gazette, Part II.  
10. Final date for comments:  4 March 2021  
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 accessed at:  
http:// gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2020/2020 -12-19/html/reg3 -eng.html  
http://gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2020/2020 -12-19/html/reg3 -fra.html