G/TBT/N/CAN/684  
13 December 2022  
(22-9277) 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, promenade Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0G2  
Canada  
Tel: (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 t ariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Dangerous 
goods (ICS:13.300)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Regulations 
amending certain regulations made under the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 
1992 (Part 12 and International Harmonization Update), (246 pages, available in English 
and French).  
6. Description of content:  The Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the 
Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992  (Part 12 and International Harmonization 
Update) [the proposed Regulations] would incorporate changes and new requirements 
adopted in the 22nd edition of the United Nations Model Regulations on the Transport of 
Dangerous Goods (UN Recommend ations) and the 2020 edition of the International 
Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code). Associated changes to the proposed 
Regulations would include amendments to dangerous goods safety marks, classification 
information, shipping names, and packaging requirements. The proposed Regulations 
would include updates to Canadian standards that are incorporated by reference, to better 
align with the UN Recommendations for the design, manufacture, and use of means of 
containment. The proposed Regulations would also allow the use of dangerous goods 
safety marks prescribed under Title 49 of the United States (U.S.) Code of Federal 
Regulations (U.S. 49 CFR) and special permits issued in the United States for the 
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  Finally, the proposed Regulations would rewrite Part 12 of the TDGR to clarify air 
transportation requirements and update provisions for transport to remote locations and 
exemptions for medical, scientific, industrial, aeria l and enforcement activities to reflect 
current domestic needs.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
Canada Gazette , Part I, November 26, 2022, pages 5711 -5956, 
https://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2022/2022 -11-26/pdf/g1 -15648.pdf  (available in 
English and French)  
9. Proposed date of ado ption:  Six (6) months of publication in the Canadian Gazette, Part 
I. 
Proposed date of entry into force:  These Regulations come into force on the day on 
which they are published in the Canada Gazette, Part II. Transitional provision : A person 
may, for a s ix-month period that begins on the day on which these Regulations come into 
force, comply with the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations as they read 
immediately before that day.  
10. Final date for comments:  9 February 2023  
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 -11-26/html/reg3 -eng.html  (English)  
https://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2022/2022 -11-26/html/reg3 -fra.html  (French)