G/TBT/N/CAN/431
28 October 2014 
(14-6248)  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: Environment Canada 
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 : 
Canada's SPS & TBT Notification Authority and Enquiry Point 
Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada 
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division (TIB) 111 Sussex Drive Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2 
Canada 
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 [ X ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): On-road heavy-duty 
vehicles and engines (ICS: 13.040, 43.060, 43.080, 43.160) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Notice of intent to 
develop regulations to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions from on-road heavy-duty 
vehicles and engines (Available in English and French, 3 pages) 
6. Description of content: Transportation is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gases 
(GHG) emissions in Canada, accounting for about 24% of total emissions in 2011 and heavy-
duty vehicles accounted for around 7% of total GHG emissions. Accordingly, the Government is committed to reduce GHG emissions by implementing a sector-by-sector approach, and 
has already published GHG regu-lations for Cana da's transportation and electricity sectors.  
The publication in the Canada Gazette , Part II, on March 13, 2013, of the Heavy-Duty 
Vehicle and Engine Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations was an important step toward 
meeting Canada's commit-ments to reduce GHG emissions. The objective of the current 
Regulations is to reduce GHG emissions by establishing manda-tory GHG emission standards for new on-road heavy-duty vehicles and engines of the 2014 and later model years in alignment with U.S. standards. The development of common North American 
standards provides a level playing field that leads North American manufacturers to 
produce more advanced vehicles at a lower com-pliance cost. 
The Minister of the Environment intends to  initiate a process to amend the current 
Regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999) to 
further limit GHG emissions from new on-road heavy-duty vehicles and their engines for post-2018 model years in alignment with the Un ited States. In February 2014, and further 
to the release of the President's Climate Action Plan  in June 2013, U.S. President Obama G/TBT/N/CAN/431 
 
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  directed the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration to develop and issue a second phase of more stringent GHG emission and fuel efficiency standards for heavy-duty vehicles of post-2018 model years. 
The Canadian process to amend the current Regulations includes consultations with 
representatives of provincial and territorial governments, industry, non-governmental organizations, the public and other key stakeholders. As a first step of this consultation 
process, the Notice of Intent that was published in the Canada Gazette , Part I on October 
4, 2014 initiated a formal comment period and interested parties are invited to submit comments on the general approach set out in the Notice before November 12, 2014. Input 
received during these consultations will be co nsidered during the development of proposed 
regulations that will be published in the Canada Gazette , Part I. A statutory consultation 
period will follow publication of proposed regulations in the Canada Gazette , Part I, during 
which interested parties will have an opportunity to make written comments to inform the 
develop-ment of the final regulations, which will be published in the Canada Gazette , Part 
II. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Protection of human health and the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Canada Gazette, Part I, October 4, 2014, Pages 2557-2579 (available in English 
and French) 
• Heavy-Duty Vehicle and Engine Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations (notified 
under G/TBT/N/CAN/363/Add.1) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   Not available at this time 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Not available at this time   
10. Final date for comments: 12 November 2014 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
The electronic version of the Notice of Intent can be downloaded at: 
http://gazetteducanada.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2014/2014-10-04/pdf/g1-14840.pdf http://gazetteducanada.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2014/2014-10-04/html/notice-avis-fra.php  
http://gazetteducanada.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2014/2014-10-04/html/notice-avis-eng.php