. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CAN/378 
14 December 2012  
 (12-6842) 
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 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 :  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):  Dangerous goods safety 
marks (labels, placards, signs and marks) (ICS: 03.220, 13.300, 55.140). 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Proposed Amendment 
to the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Re gulations (Part 4, Da ngerous Goods Safety 
Marks) (19 pages, available in English and French).     
6. Description of content:  The Transportation of Dange rous Goods Regulations  (TDG 
Regulations) require dangerous goods safety mark s such as labels, placards, signs and marks 
to be displayed on a means of containment containing dangerous goods in transport. The 
dangerous goods safety marks identify the presen ce of the dangerous goods and the nature of 
the risk they pose.  
The objective of the proposed amendments is to modify several sections of the TDG 
Regulations to clarify the existing requirements for the display of labels on overpacks and 
modify the placarding scheme for large means of containment. 
Notable proposed amendments to the TDG Regulations, as detailed below would: 
- introduce the notion of overpack with a pplicable requirements for the display of 
labels on overpacks; 
- propose a new way to deal wi th placarding large means of  containment, which would 
require the placarding of an y shipment of dangerous goods and provide a relaxation 
for some classes of dangerous goods transpor ted in quantities of 500 kg or less. This 
would significantly improve reciprocity with the United States Code of Federal 
Regulations , Title 49 (49 CFR); G/TBT/N/CAN/378 
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  - modify the requirements for the displa y of a DANGER placard to streamline 
placarding options for vehicles and also align with the 49 CFR; and; 
- introduce new safety marks for dangerous goods included in Class 5.2, Organic 
Peroxides, for marine pollutants and for limited quantities of dangerous goods, to 
harmonize with the UN Recommendations for the Transport of Dangerous Goods  
(UN Recommendations) and the 49 CFR. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of public safety in th e transportation of dangerous goods  
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette , Part I, 1 December 2012, Pages 3210-3228 
(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. 
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 six-
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. 
A transitional period is also proposed to allow 
the Limited Quantity marking to be used until 
1 May 2015, so that stak eholders can liquidate 
their pre-marked stock. 
10. Final date for comments:  14 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 regulat ory text can be downloaded at:  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2012 /2012-12-01/pdf/g1-14648.pdf#page=28  ( Canada 
Gazette ) 
or  
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2012/2012-12-01/html/reg2-eng.html   (English) 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p1/2012/2012-12-01/html/reg2-fra.html   (French)