G/TBT/N/CAN/551  
 
24 April 2018  
(18-2549) 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: Natural Resources 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 and Enquiry Point  
Global Affairs Canada  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division (TIB)  
111 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1A 0G2  
Telephone: (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 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. I CS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Energy 
efficiency standards for consumer and commercial products: - Microwave ovens - 
97.040.20 - Battery chargers - 97.180 - Pre-rinse spray valves - 97.040 - Metal halide 
lamp ballasts - 29.140.0 1 - Small electric motors - 29.160.30 -Walk-in coolers/freezers - 
97.130.20 - Ceiling fan light kits - 23.120 - Commercial refrigeration (self -contained) - 
97.130.20 - Commercial refrigeration (remote) - 97.130.20 - Dehumidifiers - 97.030 - 
Dry-type transf ormer - 29.180 - External power supply - 29.200 - Fluorescent lamp 
ballasts - 29.140.01 - Gas furnaces (furnace fans) - 91.140.10 - Large air conditioners and 
heat pumps - 27.080 /91.140.30 - Packaged terminal air conditioners and heat pumps - 
27.080/91.14 0.30 - Oil-fired furnaces - 91.140.10  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Proposed 
Amendment to the Energy Efficiency Regulations, 2016 (132 pages, available in English 
and French)  
6. Description of content: The Energy Efficiency Regulations  prescribe minimum energy 
performance standards (MEPS) consumer and commercial energy -using products. They 
also prescribe labelling requirements for certain products to disclose and compare the 
energy use of a given product model rela tive to others in their category. The Regulations 
are amended regularly to introduce MEPS for new products and update existing MEPS.  This 
proposed amendment to the Energy Efficiency Regulations, 2016 would:  
1. introduce minimum energy performance standards, l abelling and reporting 
requirements for 6 new product categories;  
2. introduce more stringent minimum energy performance for 11 currently regulated 
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  3. make minor changes to existing standards, test procedures or reporting 
requirements for c urrently regulated product categories; and  
4. provide flexibility for testing requirements and remove import reporting 
requirements for certain product subcategories.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The goals of the proposed Regulations are to:  
 Introduce or improve MEPS across 17 product categories;  
 Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption associated with using 
those products; and  
 Eliminate unnecessary regulatory differences between Canadian  and U.S. regulations 
across those categories.  
8. Relevant documents:   
Canada Gazette, Part I, 31 March 2018, pages 937 -1068 (available in English and French)  
Note: A Notice of Intent was notified to the WTO under G/TBT/N/CAN/489   
9. Proposed date of adoption: Normally within 12 months of publication in the Canada 
Gazette, Part I.  
Proposed date of entry into force: These Regulations come into force six months after 
the day on which they are published in the Canada Gazette, Part II.  
10. Final date for comments: 17 June 2018  
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 downloaded at:  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2018/2018 -03-31/pdf/g1 -15213.pdf  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2018/2018 -03-31/html/index -eng.html  
http://www.gaze tte.gc.ca/rp -pr/p1/2018/2018 -03-31/html/index -fra.html