G/TBT/N/CAN/393  
 
3 July 2013  
(13-3501)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 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:  Canadian Food Inspec tion Agency (CFIA) 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 :   
Canadian Enquiry Point 
200-270 Albert Street 
Ottawa, Ontario Canada, K1P 6N7 Tel.:  (+1 613) 238 3222 
Fax.:  (+1 613) 569 7808 
E-mail:  enquirypoint@scc.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):  Wine, 
including ice wine (HS 22.04.10, 22.04.21 and 22.04.29). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposed 
Amendments to Certain Regulations and the Creation of a New Regulation Administered and Enforced by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (17 pages, available in English and French).     
6. Description of content:  Canada is proposing regulatory amendments that would: 
1. Create a new regulation under the Canada Agricultural Products Act for a standard 
of identity for icewine; 
2. Amend the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations  (CPLR) to permit for 
single field of vision labelling for mandatory information on wine containers; 
3. Make minor text amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations  and the CPLR. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  These proposed regulatory amendments would increase consumer 
confidence in Canadian icewine and provide Canada with a regulatory reference for the control of the labelling of icewine. 
Allowing for a single field of vision labelling system would reduce import requirements 
and result in lower labelling costs for wine and icewine for sale in Canada in the future. 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette , Part I, 15 June 2013, Pages 1491-1507 
(available in English and French)    G/TBT/N/CAN/393 
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    1 January 2014 1 January 2014 
10. Final date for comments:  29 August 2013 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
The electronic version of the relevant documents can be found at: http://www.gazette.gc.c a/rp-pr/p1/2013/2013-06 -15/html/reg 2-eng.html  (English) 
http://www.gazette.gc.c a/rp-pr/p1/2013/2013-06 -15/html/reg 3-eng.html  (English) 
http://www.gazette.gc.c a/rp-pr/p1/2013/2013-06 -15/html/reg 4-eng.html  (English) 
http://www.gazette.gc.c a/rp-pr/p1/2013/2013-06 -15/html/reg2-fra.html   (French) 
http://www.gazette.gc.c a/rp-pr/p1/2013/2013-06 -15/html/reg3-fra.html   (French) 
http://www.gazette.gc.c a/rp-pr/p1/2013/2013-06 -15/html/reg4-fra.html   (French)