. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CAN/379 
8 January 2013  
 (13-0056) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English / 
French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Department of the Environment  
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 :  Canadian Enquiry 
Point, 200-270 Albert Street, Ottawa, Ontari o, 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 [X], 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):  Passenger cars and light 
trucks (ICS: 13.040, 43.080, 43.100).  
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment 
to the Passenger Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations 
(62 pages, available in English and French).     
6. Description of content:  Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are prim ary contributors to climate 
change. The most significant sources of anth ropogenic GHG emissions are a result of the 
combustion of fossil fuels, including gasoline a nd diesel. The Government of Canada has a 
plan to reduce national GHG emissions based on a sector-by-sector regulatory approach.  
The transportation sector is a significant s ource of GHG emissions in Canada, accounting for 
24% of total emissions in 2010. In that ye ar, passenger automobiles and light trucks 
(hereinafter referred to as li ght-duty vehicles) accounted for approximately 13% of Canada's 
total GHG emissions or 53% of transporta tion emissions. Taking action to reduce GHG 
emissions from new light-duty vehicles is an im portant element of the Government's plan to 
introduce an integrated, nationally consiste nt approach to reduce GHG emissions. 
The proposed Regulations Amending the Passenger Au tomobile and Light Truck Greenhouse 
Gas Emission Regulations  (2017-2025) [hereinafter referred to as the proposed Regulations] 
would build on the success of the current Re gulations covering model years 2011 through 
2016.  The proposed  Regulations have been de veloped in collaborat ion with the United 
States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S . EPA) to ensure alignment of Canada's 
regulations with those of the United States in a manner that is consistent with the authorities provided under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999  (CEPA 1999). The G/TBT/N/CAN/379 
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  proposed Regulations would continue to apply to  companies that manufacture or import new 
light-duty vehicles into Canada for the purpose of sale to the first retail purchaser. Similar to 
the current Regulations, the proposed Regula tions would establish progressively more 
stringent annual fleet average GHG emission standards over the 2017 to 2025 model years, 
while providing companies with flexibility mech anisms to allow them to comply in a cost-
effective manner. 
Note:  In October 2010, the Government of Canada published the final Passenger Automobile 
and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations  (herein referred to as the current 
Regulations) covering new vehicles of mo del years 2011 through 2016, under CEPA 1999 
(notified as G/TBT/N/CAN/312/ Add.1). These Regulations pr escribe progressively more 
stringent annual emission standards for new li ght-duty vehicles of model years 2011 to 2016, 
in alignment with those of the United States. 
Also in October 2010, the Government of Canada  published a Notice of Intent to continue 
working with the United  States and build upon the standards already in place to develop more 
stringent GHG emission standards for new light-duty vehicles of  model years 2017 and 
beyond. The NOI was notified as G/TBT/N/CAN/312/Add.2. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and the environment.  
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette , Part I, 8 December 2012, Pages 3263-3324 
(available in English and French).   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
Proposed date of entry into force:    Normally within 5 to 8 months of publication in 
the Canada Gazette , Part I 
On the date the measure is adopted 
10. Final date for comments:  21 February 2013 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
The electronic version of the regulator y text can be downloaded at:   
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2012 /2012-12-08/pdf/g1-14649.pdf#page=35  ( Canada 
Gazette ) 
or  http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2012/2012-12-08/html/reg1-eng.html   (English)  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2012/2012-12-08/html/reg1-fra.html   (French)