G/TBT/N/CAN/661/Add.1  
 
21 June 2022  
(22-4814) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English /French  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  21 June 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Canada . 
 
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Title:  Single -Use Plastics Prohibition Regulations  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[X] Notified measure adopted - date: 20 June 2022  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 20 June 2022  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 20 December 2022  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
CEPA Registry: https://canada.ca/en/environment -climate -change /services/canadian -
environmental -protection -act-registry/publications/single -use-plastics -prohibition -
regulations.html  (English)  
Registre de la LCPE: https://canada.ca/fr/environnement -changement -
climatique/services/registre -environnemental -loi-canadienne -
protection/publications/reglement -interdisant -plastiques -usage -unique.html  (French)  
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  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):   
[X] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, sub -section 93(1): https://laws -
lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c -15.31/section -93.html  (English)  
https://laws -lois.justice.gc.ca/fra/lois/c -15.31/section -93.html  (French)  
Technical Guidance: https://www.canada.ca/en/environment -climate -
change/services/managing -reducing -waste/reduce -plastic -waste/single -use-plastic -
technical -guidance.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/environnement -changement -climatique/services/gestion -
reduction -dechets/reduire -dechets -plastique/guide -technique -plastique -usage -
unique.html  (French)  
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/CAN/661/Add.1  
 
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  Guidance for selecting alternatives: https://www.canada .ca/en/environment -climate -
change/services/managing -reducing -waste/reduce -plastic -waste/single -use-plastic -
guidance.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/environnement -changement -climatique/services/gestion -
reduction -dechets/reduire -dechets -plastique/lignes -directrices -plastique -usage -
unique.html  (French)  
Websit e: https://www.canada.ca/en/environment -climate -change/services/managing -
reducing -waste/reduce -plastic -waste/initiative -regulation.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/envi ronnement -changement -climatique/services/gestion -
reduction -dechets/reduire -dechets -plastique/initiative -reglement.html  (French)  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  The Single -Use Plastic Prohibition Regulations prohibit the manufacture, import and 
sale of six categories of single -use plastic items (i.e., single -use plastic checkout bags, cutlery, food 
service ware made from or containing problematic plastics, ring carriers, stir sticks and straws). The 
Regulations contain a temporary exemption on the manufactur e and import for the purposes of 
export which expires 42 months after the Regulations are registered. Checkout bags, cutlery, and 
straws have reusable substitutes so the Regulations identify performance standards to differentiate 
between single -use and reu sable items for these three product categories. The Regulations provide 
exemptions for straws to accommodate people with disabilities. These exemptions are linked to the 
conditions upon which straws are sold.  
The prohibition on manufacture and import for f ive of the six SUPs (check -out bags, cutlery, 
foodservice ware made from or containing problematic plastics, stir sticks and straws) will come into 
force 6 months after the Regulations are registered and the prohibition on sale of these five items 
will com e into force 18 months after the Regulations are registered. The prohibition on import and 
manufacture of ring carriers and single -use plastic flexible straws packaged with a beverage (e.g., 
juice boxes, tetra packs) will come into force one year after the  Regulations are registered and the 
prohibition on the sale of these items will come into force 24 months after the Regulations are 
registered.  
For all six SUPs, the prohibition on manufacturing, import or sale for the purposes of export will 
come into for ce 42 months after registration.  
The six categories of single -use plastic items subject to the Regulations are commonly found on 
Canadian shorelines and terrestrial litter clean -ups. The Government estimates that the Regulations 
would prevent 23,000 tonnes  of plastic pollution over a period of ten years. A range of evidence 
sources, including peer -reviewed studies, show that the items, when littered, likely pose a threat of 
harm to wildlife through entanglement, ingestion or habitat disruption.  
The six cate gories of single -use plastic items also present barriers to fostering a circular economy in 
Canada that would keep plastics in the economy and out of the environment because they have low 
recycling rates, are known to hamper recycling or wastewater treatme nt systems, and have barriers 
to increasing recycling rates. Eliminating these products from the Canadian market would remove 
key irritants from value recovery systems and improve their efficiency.  
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